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.
Ide Dalej
Varius Manx Lyrics
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Droga kręta, ale idę dalej
Twarze puste, myśli głuche
Zmysły martwe, idę...
Szukam ognia, szukam światła
Może płonie gdzieś tam...
Szukam źródła czystej prawdy
Wiatrem w oczy, mrozem w dłonie
Słowem w serce, ale idę dalej
Łzy, co dławią, głód, co pali
Dusza boli, idę...
Szukam ognia, szukam światła
Może płonie gdzieś tam...
Szukam źródła czystej prawdy
Może płynie gdzieś tam
Czasem padam, czasem nie chcę
Potem wstaję i znów idę dalej
Znowu wiara, znowu siła
Innej drogi nie ma
Szukam ognia, szukam światła
Może płonie gdzieś tam...
Szukam źródła czystej prawdy
Może płynie gdzieś tam
The lyrics of Varius Manx's song "Ide Dalej" depict a journey of self-discovery and hope in a world that appears bleak and desolate. The opening lines describe a grey sky and deadened senses, yet the singer continues on a winding road. Despite the emptiness around them, they seek out the light and warmth of a fire, and the source of pure truth. The challenges they face along the way are depicted as a biting wind, freezing cold and piercing words that hurt the heart. Despite this, the singer persists.
The chorus of the song is a refrain of seeking out hope in the darkness, with the repeated phrase "Szukam ognia, szukam światła" which means "I search for fire, I search for light" in English. The journey is also depicted as a series of falls and gets up, where the singer sometimes does not want to continue but finds the faith and strength to persevere. The song ends with the assertion that there is no other way and that the only path forward is to continue seeking out the light in the darkness.
Overall, "Ide Dalej" is a message about the human condition and the struggle for meaning in the face of adversity. It is about never giving up, even in the face of great challenges and finding the hope and strength to continue.
Line by Line Meaning
Blade słońce, szare niebo
The sun is dim and the sky is grey
Droga kręta, ale idę dalej
The path is winding, but I keep moving forward
Twarze puste, myśli głuche
Faces are empty and thoughts are deaf
Zmysły martwe, idę...
Senses are dead, I go on...
Szukam ognia, szukam światła
I am looking for fire, I am looking for light
Może płonie gdzieś tam...
Maybe it burns somewhere...
Szukam źródła czystej prawdy
I am looking for the source of pure truth
Może płynie gdzieś tam
Maybe it flows somewhere
Wiatrem w oczy, mrozem w dłonie
Wind in my eyes, frost in my hands
Słowem w serce, ale idę dalej
Words to my heart, but I keep moving forward
Łzy, co dławią, głód, co pali
Tears that choke and hunger that burns
Dusza boli, idę...
The soul hurts, I go on...
Czasem padam, czasem nie chcę
Sometimes I fall, sometimes I don't want to
Potem wstaję i znów idę dalej
Then I get up and go on again
Znowu wiara, znowu siła
Again faith, again strength
Innej drogi nie ma
There is no other way
Writer(s): Monika Kuszynska
Contributed by Riley K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.