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Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Losing my Religion

I am completely hooked on to this song these days (see the playlist on the right .. it is right out of my Winamp). It is called 'Losing my Religion' by R.E.M. . Losing my religion is a Southern expression meaning "At my wit's end," as if things were going so bad you could lose your faith in God. Here are the lyrics of the song :

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

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream
Dream

Heard this anyone ? Have you seen this video ? It was directed by Tarsem Singh and it is good. If you got high speed net connection .. I'd suggest a download.
Now there are different interpretations of the song. I don't know which is the correct one .. what do you think ?