Lyrics: R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

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Losing My Religion
R.E.M.

Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

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

Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
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

Released in 1991 as the first single from their seventh album "Out of Time." Track peaked at #1 on Dutch Singles Chart, Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks Chart. It peaked #3 on French and Swedish Singles Chart, #4 on Billboard Hot 100, #11 in Australian Chart, #16 in Canadian Chart and #19 in UK Singles Chart.
Track won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Short Form Music Video.
The video for the track won Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Direction, and Best Editing during the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards.
Track is certified Gold in the US.
Track was ranked #169 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004), #9 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s (2007) and #70 on Blender's The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born (2009).
Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. Produced by Scott Litt and R.E.M.
Band is composed of Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. They disbanded on September 21, 2011.

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