Tori Amos - Losing my Religion


Losing my Religion.

This was originally an REM song. The term "Losing my religion" is about losing your temper. It's a Southern saying... it means to be at your complete wits end, and going off the handle.

Passion is a doubled edged sword. It goes both for love and anger. The feels are this||close to each other. I have never felt such anger as I have felt towards the few that I have loved. I think that's because if you open those floodgates, both the good and the bad can overflow.

I have a problem with my temper. I have a problem swallowing my words and just being 'zen'. I know that if I just swallow, then I will lose the good part of my passion eventually and I will cease to be me.

I do my best not to hurt people. I think that's why I am so quick to end relationships. I can do real damage, and if I love someone... I don't want to do that to them. I also can't just accept bad behavior from a mate. Thoughtlessness, callousness. Cheating, lying... it's not something I can just 'take'. I won't... and I don't.



Lyrics:
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 too much
I set it up

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep a view
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 aground
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 a view
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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