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.
Orla cien
Varius Manx Lyrics
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Do góry wzbil sie niczym wiatr
Niebo to jego swiat
Z oblokiem tanczyl w swietle dnia
Slyszal ludzki szept
Krzyczal, ze wolnosc domem jest
Nie ma konca drogi tej
I ze nie wie co to gniew
Skrzydlami wital kazdy dzien
Zataczal lady, morza lez
Bezpamietnie gasil gniew
Choc pamiec krotka jest
Zostawila slów tych tresc
Nie umknie jej juz zaden gest
Zadna mysl I zaden sens
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Added by Marcin Lesiak
The song "Orla Cień" by Varius Manx depicts a majestic eagle soaring high above in the sky, symbolizing freedom and mystery. The lyrics suggest that the eagle is at one with the sky, as if it were his natural habitat. The eagle hears the human whispers and shouts that freedom is a home, and he cannot comprehend anger. He symbolizes free spirits, soaring above the mundane, and taking in the beauty of life. The lyrics suggest that we can learn a lot from him, even though the human memory is short.
The metaphor of an eagle in the sky is a perfect symbol for the sense of freedom as it allows us to think outside ourselves, our bodies, our daily routines, and our troubles. It is a reminder that we are capable of feeling passionate, awe-inspired by beauty, and free to express ourselves. The song reminds us that if we forget how to wonder and admire the beauty around us, then we are lost. In this way, the song expresses the importance of looking beyond ourselves to find meaning in life.
Line by Line Meaning
Widzialam orla cien
I saw the shadow of an eagle
Do góry wzbil sie niczym wiatr
It soared up high like the wind
Niebo to jego swiat
The sky is its world
Z oblokiem tanczyl w swietle dnia
It danced with a cloud in the light of day
Slyszal ludzki szept
It heard the whispers of people
Krzyczal, ze wolnosc domem jest
It cried out that freedom is its home
Nie ma konca drogi tej
There is no end to this journey
I ze nie wie co to gniew
And it doesn't know what anger is
Przemierzal zycia sens
It journeyed through the meaning of life
Skrzydlami wital kazdy dzien
It greeted each day with its wings
Zataczal lady, morza lez
It wandered around, leaving behind the tears of the sea
Bezpamietnie gasil gniew
It extinguished anger without a thought
Choc pamiec krotka jest
Although its memory is short
Zostawila słów tych tresc
It left behind the essence of those words
Nie umknie jej juz zaden gest
No gesture can escape it now
Zadna mysl I zaden sens
No thought or meaning
Lyrics © SCHUBERT MUSIC PUBLISHING INC.
Written by: KATARZYNA MARIA STANKIEWICZ, ROBERT MACIEJ JANSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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