The band's debut album, The Beginning, which consisted entirely of instrumental music, was released in 1990 with average success. By 1993, the band released the follow-up, The New Shape, with the line-up expanded to include Sławomir Romanowski and Robert Amirian. The album featured vocals by Robert Janson and Robert Amirian, along with guest vocalists including Edyta Bartosiewicz.
The band's breakthrough was the 1994 album Emu, which marked a significant change in musical direction, i.e. the band now had a lead singer, Anita Lipnicka, and started performing primarily in Polish. This formula was highly successful, and both Emu and the following 1995 album, Elf, sold more than half a million copies each. In 1995, the band won a Polish music award, the Fryderyk, for best Polish music group. Furthermore, the band provided a number of songs (mostly from Elf) for the soundtrack of the movie Młode wilki.
In 1996, Varius Manx appeared on the television show "Szansa na sukces", a kind of karaoke show in which the participants sing the songs of the visiting band. The winner of the show was the 19-year-old Kasia Stankiewicz. When, shortly afterwards, Amirian and Lipnicka both left the band, the remaining members asked Stankiewicz to join the band as new lead singer. This new line-up recorded Ego, which featured the band's biggest hit to date, the song "Orła cień".
In 1997, the band released its 6th album, End, which was a commercial hit, though it sold far less that the band's preceding albums.
In 2000, Varius Manx released their first compilation album Najlepsze z dobrych, which included four new songs along with remastered versions of the band's greatest hits. Shortly afterwards, Kasia Stankiewicz left the band and was replaced by Monika Kuszyńska. With her as lead singer, the band recorded the albums Eta (2001), Eno (2002) and Emi (2004).
In 2006, during the band's summer tour, the band members were involved in a car accident, which left lead singer Monika Kuszyńska paralyzed from the waist down. The band suspended its activities until 2010, then with a new lead singer, Lari Lu, with whom the band recorded the album Eli (2011).
The band's current lead singer, since 2013, is Edi Ann.
I co dalej
Varius Manx Lyrics
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Wszystko co moglam miec
I chleb I sol
I dobry cieply dom
Wszystko mam
Wypelnil sie moj sen
Unosze sie na fali ludzkich rak
On obok spi
Przed zlem chowa sie
W cieniu swoich rzes
Bezpieczna tak
Jak ptak w objeciach chmur
A z dnia na dzien
Bardziej boje sie
Co dalej jest..
Moja twarz
Tak dobrze znana I'm
Calkiem obca mi
Usmiecha sie
Bez smutku I bez trosk
Wszystko mam
Wszystko co chcialam miec
Swobodnie tak unosze sie
Na fali ludzkich rak
Co dalej jest..
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Added by Marcin Lesiak
The lyrics of Varius Manx's song Co dalej? speak about a woman who seems to have achieved everything she could have hoped for in life. She has a good home, food, and a caring partner who sleeps beside her. However, even though everything appears perfect on the surface, she is still fearful of what the future may bring. Perhaps her contentment is too good to be true or the uncertainty of life is too overwhelming for her to ignore. She has a face that is familiar to her but feels distant and unknown at the same time. Despite her fears, she keeps smiling, appearing carefree as she is carried along by the waves of human hands.
The song raises questions about the human condition and our fear of the unknown, even when life seems perfect. It suggests that no matter how much we have achieved or how content we are, we all face uncertainty about the future. The woman in the song appears to be relishing in her contentment and abundance, but she still can't help wondering what's next. It's a reminder that life is full of surprises, both good and bad, and that we must learn to accept and embrace them as they come.
Line by Line Meaning
Wszystko mam
I have everything
Wszystko co moglam miec
Everything that I could have
I chleb I sol
And bread and salt
I dobry cieply dom
And a good warm home
Wszystko mam
I have everything
Wypelnil sie moj sen
My dream has come true
Unosze sie na fali ludzkich rak
I'm carried on a wave of human hands
On obok spi
He sleeps next to me
Troskliwy niczym Bog
Caring like a god
Przed zlem chowa sie
Hiding from evil
W cieniu swoich rzes
In the shadow of his eyelashes
Bezpieczna tak
So safe
Jak ptak w objeciach chmur
Like a bird in the embrace of clouds
A z dnia na dzien
And day by day
Bardziej boje sie
I'm more afraid
Co dalej jest..
What's next..
Moja twarz
My face
Tak dobrze znana I'm
So well-known to me
Calkiem obca mi
Quite unfamiliar to me
Usmiecha sie
It smiles
Bez smutku I bez trosk
Without sadness and without worries
Wszystko mam
I have everything
Wszystko co chcialam miec
Everything that I wanted to have
Swobodnie tak unosze sie
I'm floating freely like this
Na fali ludzkich rak
On a wave of human hands
Co dalej jest..
What's next..
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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Piotr Stankiewicz
Plyta ELF. To poezja. Ten utwor jest pieknym zwienczeniem.
SoQ77
Najlepszy utwór z tej płyty, przynajmniej jak dla mnie. Lata lecą, a on wciąż tak samo wspaniały. Pozdro.
Marta
Ten utwór ze łzami,tak dotyka.........Mój dom,moje dzieciństwo,młodzieńczość i dorosłość.A ostatnio brakującego mojego Taty!
Piotr
A kogo obchodzi to?
newfrequenttraveller
Tak. To niesie ze sobą wspomnienia,masę emocji,uczuć,miejsc, ludzi... Znam to doskonale...
Jan Kowalski
To najdojrzalszy tekst współczesnej polskiej piosenki. Brawo Anita!
szmitekorbitek
Wtedy gdy śpiewała go sama była młodą dziewczyną dwudziestolatką...
J Kall
I to byla muzyka ,I teksty a nie wytwory telewizyjne
ANIA Jargoła
Zgadzam się
Dariusz Lampart
Dla mnie to numer 1. tego albumu. Tekst i muzyka.