This week, with my afternoon students (pre-intermediate), we were talking about songs and artists we liked and one of them mentioned REM, which reminded me of this great song I wanted to share with you today.
For those of you who don't know REM, they are an American band from Georgia created in 1980 by 4 artists: Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry. Their music was labeled as "alternative rock" and they were one of the firsts in that genre. Today, we are going to study the song "Losing my religion", which is one of my favorite ones.
1) Listen to the song
2) Read the lyrics and listen at the same time to find the missing words.
3) Check your answers here.
4) Check the vocabulary here: REM Losing my religion.pdf
5) Play the song again and sing at the same time. If you don't know why you have to sing, check my previous post on the subject here.
6) Comment with your answer to this question: What is the song about?
Life is ________________
It's ________________
And you, you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The ________________ in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the ________________
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion________________ 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 ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I think I thought I saw you ________________
Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my ________________
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
The hint of the________________
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these ________________
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I think I thought I saw you ________________
But that was just a ________________
That was just a ________________
That's me in the ________________
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion________________ 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 ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I think I thought I saw you ________________
But that was just a dream, try, cry, why, try
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream
Dream
It's ________________
And you, you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The ________________ in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the ________________
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion________________ 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 ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I think I thought I saw you ________________
Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my ________________
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
The hint of the________________
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these ________________
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I think I thought I saw you ________________
But that was just a ________________
That was just a ________________
That's me in the ________________
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion________________ 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 ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I thought that I heard you ________________
I think I thought I saw you ________________
But that was just a dream, try, cry, why, try
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream
Dream
