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,
every waking hour
i'm choosing my confessions
trying to keep an eye on you
like a hurt lost and blinded fool fool
oh no i've said too much
i've set it up.

Consider this, consider this
of the century
consider this
- that brought me to my knees
hell,
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.

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

- Out of Time 1991
Athens GA

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in your song list you mention REM's "Losing My Religion", which, although it sounds like it, is not actually about religion. As Michael Stipe has stated in interviews, it is about an argument - though not with a god. I think "religion" isn't used in the strictest sense; after all, this is Michael Stipe we're talking about. :) Anyhow I thought I'd mention it. Take it easy ...
- galigu & Matthew

just was wondering if you knew that "losing my religion" is an expression used in the southern states (especially in la-where i am from)....the expression actually means losing one's temper...believe me, as i was growing up,i heard my mother say many times; "you make me so mad, mad enough to lose my religion!" so as stipe suggested...yes, an argument....losing one's temper....:) just thought i'd let you in on that little tidbit...in case you were not aware! thanks...
- Dennis Morales Jr

actually, "losing my religion" is not really about an "argument," necessarily. michael stipe has said it is a song "of unrequited love" along the same lines as "every breath you take" by the police. just a thought....
- Michael L. Iafrate

my understanding is that the phrase "losing my religion" is a Southern colliquolism meaning intense frustration and irritation, to the point where you lose control (your "religion"), and doesn't really mean it literally.
-aiken

I am under the impression that 'loosing my religion' is an euphamism for getting angry or loosing my temper and therefor that the REM Song is not necessarily atheist in intent.
- John F. McGoldrick