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Artist: R.E.M.
Track: Losing My Religion

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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
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
“Losing My Religion” was released as a single in February 1991, in advance of R.E.M.’s album, Out of Time, where it appeared as the second track. It became R.E.M’s biggest hit
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion - Live From Into The Night On BBC Radio 1 / 1991
[Intro] / One, two, three, four / One two- / [Verse 1] / 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
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (Unplugged, Live 1991)
[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Oh, life, it's 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
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (Acoustic Live at KFOG, San Francisco)
[Intro] / [Verse 1] / 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
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Graveworm – Losing My Religion
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion - Live in Dublin / 2005
[Intro] / [Verse 1] / 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
Passenger – Losing My Religion (Cover)
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion 1 (Demo)
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion - Live in Chicago / 1995
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (2024 Remaster)
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Sam O'Nella – Corning My Religion
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The Wonder Years – Losing My Religion
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Kirk Franklin – Losing My Religion
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Glee Cast – Losing My Religion
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Actual Villains – Losing My Religion
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R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts - Live From Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival / 1999
[Verse 1] / When your day is long / And the night, the night is yours alone / And you think you've had too much / Of this life, well, hang on / [Chorus] / Don't let yourself go / '
Tori Amos – Losing My Religion
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Molly Parden & Hollow Hum – Losing My Religion
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Abigail – Losing My Religion
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Ginger Minj – Losing My Religion
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Jacqui Naylor – Losing My Religion
Life, it's bigger / It's bigger than you / And you are not me / The lengths that I would go to / The distance in your eyes / Oh no, I've said too much / I set it up / That's me in
Hootie & the Blowfish – Losing My Religion
[Verse 1] / Oh, life is bigger / It's bigger than you and you are not me / The lengths that I will go through / The distance in your eyes / Oh no, I've said too much / I set it up
Movements – Losing My Religion
[Verse 1] / 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 / [
Nina Persson (Ft. Nathan Larson) – Losing My Religion
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R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts - Live From The National Bowl, Milton Keynes / 1995
[Verse 1] / When the day is long / And the night, the night is yours alone / And you think you've had too much / Of this life, well, hang on / [Chorus] / Don't let yourself go / '
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Out of Time [25th Anniversary Edition] by R.E.M.
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Out of Time by R.E.M.
“Out of Time” is the seventh studio album from R.E.M. It won three Grammys including two for the single “Losing My Religion.”
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Q:When did R.E.M. release “Losing My Religion”?
R.E.M. released “Losing My Religion” on February 19, 1991.
Q:When did R.E.M. release “Losing My Religion (2024 Remaster)”?
R.E.M. released “Losing My Religion (2024 Remaster)” on July 10, 1991.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry. Berry quit the