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.
Poza światem
Varius Manx Lyrics
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I na życie żadnych skarg
Nie wiedziałam, że za chwilę
Wszystko zmieni się
Dziś na środku oceanu
W samotności liczę dni
Nic już nie jest tak jak kiedyś
I czy z tej bezludnej wyspy wyrwie mnie
Kto odnajdzie mój ląd
Z każdą chwilą samotności pytam się
Może kiedyś list w butelce trafi do właściwych rąk
Kto odnajdzie moją wyspę
Powie porzuć ją
Ja zakopię przeszłość w piasku
Wrócę znów na stały ląd
Lecz czy będzie tak jak kiedyś
Kto odnajdzie mój ląd
I czy z tej bezludnej wyspy wyrwie mnie
Kto odnajdzie mój ląd
Z każdą chwilą samotności pytam się
Kto odnajdzie mój ląd
I czy z tej bezludnej wyspy wyrwie mnie
Kto odnajdzie mój ląd
Z każdą chwilą samotności pytam się
The lyrics to Varius Manx's "Poza światem" express the feeling of being lost and stranded in a desolate place. The singer reflects on the moment before their isolation when they were carefree and content, unaware of what was to come. Now, they are alone in the middle of the ocean, counting the days and questioning whether anyone will ever find them. The repetition of the line "Kto odnajdzie mój ląd" ("Who will find my land") emphasizes the singer's desperation and longing for rescue. They wonder if they will ever be saved from their lonely fate and returned to the familiar world they once knew.
The imagery used in the lyrics is both melancholic and nostalgic. The reference to a message in a bottle reaching the right hands adds a sense of hope to the otherwise bleak scenario. The singer also speaks of burying their past in the sand and returning to solid ground, but questions whether everything will truly be the same. This reflects the deeper emotions of the lyrics, where being stranded is not just a physical state but also a psychological one. It is a place of uncertainty where the past and present collide and the future is unknown.
Overall, the lyrics to "Poza światem" could be interpreted as a metaphor for feeling lost in life, unsure of oneself and one's place in the world. The isolation and longing for rescue can be seen as a cry for help from someone who feels alone and disconnected.
Line by Line Meaning
Jeszcze wczoraj w centrum świata
Just yesterday I felt on top of the world
I na życie żadnych skarg
And had no complaints about my life
Nie wiedziałam, że za chwilę
Little did I know that it would all change in a moment
Wszystko zmieni się
Everything would be different
Dziś na środku oceanu
Today, in the middle of the ocean
W samotności liczę dni
I count the days alone
Nic już nie jest tak jak kiedyś
Nothing is the same as it was before
Kto odnajdzie mój ląd
Who will find my land
I czy z tej bezludnej wyspy wyrwie mnie
And will they rescue me from this deserted island
Z każdą chwilą samotności pytam się
I ask myself this question with every passing moment of loneliness
Może kiedyś list w butelce trafi do właściwych rąk
Perhaps one day a message in a bottle will reach the right hands
Kto odnajdzie moją wyspę
Who will discover my island
Powie porzuć ją
And tell me to abandon it
Ja zakopię przeszłość w piasku
I will bury the past in the sand
Wrócę znów na stały ląd
And return to the solid ground
Lecz czy będzie tak jak kiedyś
But will it ever be the same as before
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