REM - Losing My Religion Meaning

Song Released: 1991

Losing My Religion 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

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to...

1. rufustfirefly

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   Sep 12th 2005 !⃝

   This song seems to describe the end of a relationship, plain and simple.
   
   "Life is bigger than you", "the distance in your eyes", etc, are just the author's realization of the end of his relationship. "That's me in the corner" describes isolation, "that's me in the spotlight" describes the focus of the disintegration being put solely on him, and he seems to compare his relationship metaphorically to a religion, saying that he had put all of his faith in something which is slipping away from him before his eyes.
   
   This seems to be backed up by "trying to keep an eye on you", and "I think I thought I saw you try/but that was just a dream", saying that all of the effort to keep the relationship together was on him, and that he is finally giving up.
2. michy36

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   Sep 6th 2005 !⃝

   This song is about the differences between men and women and that women are an unknown 'species' to men. He's saying that he can't get close to her or understand her.
   
   "The lengths that I will go to, the distance in your eyes" this metaphor shows that he can never know what she's thinking because he looks into her eyes and there's a never-ending stream of thoughts.
   
   "That's me in the corner, that's my in the spotlight, loising my religion". His religion is his woman, the person he loves, and he's watching himself lose her and he can't do anything about it.
3. slipknot_fiend666

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   Aug 29th 2005 !⃝

   To me this song is about growing up and realising how crazy religion is, "That's me in he spot light, losing my religion" he feels like he's commited a crime for his new belief, by the way his old aquantances judge him, and toss him aside (not so important now, not one of us).

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