Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
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
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
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
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, 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
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
Lyrics submitted by parsprototo, edited by togardenofeden
Losing My Religion Lyrics as written by Peter Lawrence Buck William Thomas Berry
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First I would like to say this is one of the best songs out there. The lyrics speak out to everyone, and I must say Michael Stipe is very musically inclined. His lyrics are just amazing. I also think this song just like many others have different meanings to different people.
The song to me is about insanity/depression. How when one looses their way, their belief, their fate they internally loose themselves. The isolation, “that’s me in the corner”, and the feeling of being under the "spotlight" by society is a very symbolic contradiction to life as of now. It’s a hard thing to explain but you can feel isolated and under the spotlight at the exact same time. It’s a horrible feeling to have but unfortunately it happens from time to time. To me the person in the song feels like there is no more hope left, "that was just a dream", as if it is too late. Because when he lost himself along the course of his life he ultimately lost his mind.
I think this song is just great and very important because everyone feels this way along the course of ones life. It is something you go through, it's life. No matter what the situation is everyone feels like they are in fact "losing their religion" at one point or another. It may be because of a meaningful relationship that had ended, a bad decision along the way, or merely an unfortunate event. I know I have felt like I have lost my way sometimes…as if I didn’t know who I was. It does happen to everyone and the reason why I think the song is so great…it makes you think…what would you do if you lost your way?.... This song in a way provides me with hope that there is something better out there and with time you can heal. Of course you have to do something about it. Also in a way this song is depressing because the person in song…to me…feels like he given up…as if he lost hope and he doesn’t know where to go from there.
Of course this is just my opinion of this song. This is how the song relates to me and how it makes me feel. I realize it is something different for each individual. I do know that these lyrics really get to me, just like “everybody hurts” gets to me…they make me hopeful that there is something to look forward to in life b/c things will get better…yet it’s still very sad b/c its going to get a hell of a lot worse before it gets better…you just have to toughen it out and hold on. I love REM because their lyrics makes you realize your not the only one “losing your religion”…like I said before it is something everyone experiences at least once in their life….its “life”