Losing My Religion

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

At first I think he is trying to distance himself, to tell himself this entire obsession is foolish (as in the other person and his obsession with her should not be allowed to define his entire life) and he's trying to talk some sense to himself, by contrasting the depths of his obsession with her seeming lack of any interest at all, and that by admitting it he is setting himself up for a catastophic failure.

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

Referring to whether alone in the corner or out in the open/covertly or overtly, he's going crazy in his pursuit of her, and is experiencing self doubt..whatever he say will be both too much (it shouldn't be said at all) or entirely insufficent (as in his feelings aren't going to be conveyed in mere words) and then he's imagining, in his head, what her reaction might be with a few examples.

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 Oh no I've said too much I set it up

Every time he is around her he is carefully calculating every single word, waiting for a subtle hint or reaction that might give him some encouragement, and he realizes the depth of his desperation - but at some point he knows he has to take the proverbial leap and let the cat out of the bag

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

"Consider if I dropped this huge hint, if I slipped and let my guard down, if I finally confessed, what if it totally backfires and I come crashing down to my knees, looking like an idiot, and this world I've built up in my head where we are together falls to pieces?" Or "what if all these fantasies come flailing around?" could mean he keeps playing this imaginary confession scene over and over and over again and all these possible outcomes come running through his head

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 That was just a dream

Either his gambit has failed and the imaginary world in his head where she loved him was "just a dream" or he knows he has no chance in hell (kind of like in the first verse) but since he's repeating his thoughts earlier, he knows he is doomed to repeat the same pattern of being obsessed and miserable and not willing to lay it on the line.