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.
Mówią Mi
Varius Manx Lyrics
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Co robic mam, a czego nie
Nikt nie wie, ze
Tysiace spraw przygniata mnie
Niech skonczy sie koszmarny sen
Nie bede juz mówila, ze dobrze jest
Kolejny rozdzial konczy sie
Nie ma mnie
Ta inna twarz powtarza wciaz
To nie ja, ze to nie ja
Mówia jak zyc
Lecz nie potrafie ufac I'm
Czego ja chce
Gdy wokól wszystko zmienia siê
Niech skonczy sie koszmarny sen
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Added by Marcin Lesiak
In Varius Manx's song "Mowią Mi," the singer is expressing her frustration with the pressures and expectations placed upon her by society. She begins by saying that people are constantly telling her what to do and what not to do, but nobody knows about the thousands of things that weigh heavily on her mind. She wants to be freed from this nightmare and stop pretending that everything is alright. She is ready for a new chapter in her life where she is not present and will no longer force herself to smile even when things get tough.
She then goes on to say that people keep telling her how to live her life, but she can't trust them anymore. She doesn't know what she wants because everything around her keeps changing. She pleads for this terrible dream to end so she can gain clarity and make her own decisions.
The lyrics of "Mowią Mi" represent the struggle that many people face in trying to live up to societal expectations and conform to a perceived norm. The song encourages listeners to speak up for themselves, take control of their own lives, and reject the pressure of conforming to someone else's definition of success.
Line by Line Meaning
Mówią mi znów
People are telling me again
Co robić mam, a czego nie
What I should and should not do
Nikt nie wie, że
No one knows that
Tysiące spraw przygniata mnie
Thousands of issues are weighing me down
Niech skończy się koszmarny sen
Let this terrible dream end
Nie będę już mówiła, że dobrze jest
I won't say anymore that everything is alright
Kolejny rozdział kończy się
Another chapter is closing
Nie ma mnie
I'm not there
Nie będę już uśmiechać się gdy jest źle
I won't smile anymore when things are bad
Ta inna twarz powtarza wciąż
This different face keeps repeating
To nie ja, że to nie ja
It's not me, it's not me
Mówią jak żyć
They're telling me how to live
Lecz nie potrafię ufać im
But I can't trust them
Czego ja chcę
What do I want
Gdy wokół wszystko zmienia się
When everything around me is changing
Niech skończy się koszmarny sen
Let this terrible dream end
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Pawel Przybylski
Głos plus klimat nie do powtórzenia. Zrozumie ten kto, żył w tych czasach gdy to był hit.
Anna Wieczorkowska
Hicior, nie ma co gadać 👍👍
Lukasz Zieciak
@Karina Pomorska mam tak samo. Karina trzymaj się zdrowo 🌹🌹🌹.
Karina Pomorska
ja rozumiem z własnego życia, utwór - jak dla mnie - super
rafal sobczak
dokladnie wspaniale lata i super plyty varius manx.Pozniej juz az tak super nie bylo.
Marta G
Wspaniala wokalistka. Dobra piosenka. Najlepsze lata Varius Manx.
mumio19
Cudowne muzyczne czasy, cudowne wspomnienia!
Artur Szwaja
Jak dla mnie najlepszy głos VM, i najlepsze teksty. Chętnie wracam do utworów z tamtych lat.
Kamil W.
Mam niesamowity sentyment do tego kawałka. Kurde ja znów chcę stare dobre czasy i takie piosenki :)
Garik
Uwielbiam wokal tej kobiety. :D