REM, "Losing my religion", 1991

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.

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





R.E.M. fue una banda de rock alternativo estadounidense formada en Athens, Georgia, en 1980 por el cantante Michael Stipe, el guitarrista Peter Buck, el bajista Mike Mills y el batería Bill Berry. De las primeras bandas pioneras del rock alternativo, R.E.M. fue fundamental en la creación y desarrollo de dicho género. Allmusic declaró: "R.E.M. marcó el punto en el que el post-punk se convirtió en rock alternativo". A principios de la década de 1980, el estilo musical de R.E.M. contrastaba con los géneros post-punk y new wave que la habían precedido

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El guitarrista Peter Buck compuso el ostinato principal y el estribillo en una mandolina mientras miraba la televisión un día. Buck había comprado el instrumento recientemente y estaba intentando aprender a tocarlo, grabándose mientras practicaba. Sobre esto, dijo: «Cuando volví a escucharlo al día siguiente, había un puñado de cosas que eran yo aprendiendo a tocar la mandolina y luego estaba lo que se convirtió en “Losing My Religion”, y luego un puñado más de mí aprendiendo a tocar la mandolina