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Life and How to Live It
Think, feel, and decide for yourself
“Oh life is bigger
It’s bigger than you
And you are not me” — First three lines of R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion
Life indeed exceeds limits, of you and me both.
Limited understandings, prevent truth be seen.
Too upsetting for many, limits won’t accept.
Contradictions speak much truth, poem manifests.
Fuck my shit, I packed much more in that imayo poem than initially intended — didn’t even intend a poem let alone an imayo. First, I’ll clarify that I didn’t choose the epigraph for its oft misunderstood title.
“Unlike early R.E.M. songs, ‘Losing My Religion’ features lyrics you can understand. And yet, they were largely misunderstood anyway. Was it sacrilegious? A kiss off to the establishment? Were R.E.M. advocating that you reject the church and stop celebrating Christmas?
In fact, this was not the case. ‘Losing my religion’ is actually an old southern expression for being at the end of one’s rope, and the moment when politeness gives way to anger. But if you were missing that key detail, you’d think that Stipe’s vague imagery was clearly a comment on the Judeo-Christian tradition.” — Source.
