Alternative Rock: Canción #11: "Losing My Religion" - REM

Oh, 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, I'm
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, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
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, I'm
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

Losing My Religion fue incluida en el album Out of Time, publicado en 1991 por el grupo estadounidense REM. Fue el single que lanzó a la fama a la banda, alcanzando el #4 en las listas de éxitos estadounidenses y obteniendo un éxito considerable en Inglaterra. Además, el tema ganó un Grammy ese mismo año.

El título de la canción nada tiene que ver con religiosidad, sino con una expresión usada en el sur de EEUU que viene a decir algo así como: "Perder los nervios o el civismo" (Ya lo se, hoy no estoy muy inspirado).

El single destaca por su gran aporte vocal, de una calidad excelente, y una letra bastante trabajada. Es un buen ejemplo del estilo musical que siguió REM en sus primeros años como grupo.