Losing My Religion

“Losing My Religion” is an expression from the southern region of the United States, and means losing one’s temper or civility, or “flying off the handle.”

The video, directed by Tarsem Singh, was declared Best Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. The video also won for Best Group Video of the Year, Best Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction in a Video, Best Director of a Video and Best Editing of a Video.

It won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Lyrics:

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

(chorus) 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

(repeat chorus)

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