Losing My Religion
R.E.M.Oh life, it's
It's bigger than
And you are not me
The that I will go to
The in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I it up
That's me in the
That's me in the
Losing my religion
Trying to up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every
Of every hour
I'm choosing my
Trying to keep an on you
Like a hurt, lost and fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this, the of the century
Consider this, the slip
That brought me to my , failed
What if all these come
Flailing
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try
That was just a dream
Just a dream
Just a dream, dream
Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M., said that “Losing My Religions” is a relatively straight-forward song:
“It's just a song about having a crush." Impressed by The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” Stipe wanted to write a song about obsessive attraction, that stammering, self-conscious urge to reveal and yet hide feelings that you know are not shared.
It is about unrequited love. The love which is felt by only one side and is never reflected back. It is about your crush to which you are afraid to tell your feelings.
“Losing my religion” is actually an old southern expression for being at the end of one’s rope, and the moment when politeness gives way to anger. But if you were missing that key detail, you’d think that Stipe’s vague imagery was clearly a comment on the Judeo-Christian tradition.