Song and group facts R.E.M Losing my religion.

The name of the rock band from Athens, Georgia is

explained pretty much anywhere by referring to the 1. Organize the sentences
medical term Rapid Eye Movement, the uncontrolled,
rapid eye movements that occur when someone is in deep ( )I set it up
sleep. ( )The distance in your eyes
The song is a classic obsession song about “unrequited ( )And you are not me
love". The band claims this is not about religion and loss ( )Oh,Life is bigger
of faith, although the video is full of religious imagery. ( )It's bigger than you
The video is based in part on Gabriel Garcia Marquez' A ( )The lengths that I will go to
Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. The novel tells the ( )Oh no I've said too much
story about an angel who falls down from heaven and
how the people who make money displaying him as a 2. Complete the sentences
"freak show." Michael Stipe is a big Marquez fan and the Chorus
whole idea of obsession and unrequited love is the central
theme of the author's masterpiece, Love in the Time of That's me in the 1_______
Cholera. The first line of the novel: "It was inevitable: the That's me in the 2_______
scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate Losing my religion
of unrequited love." 3________ to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Match the meanings Oh no I've 4_______ too much
1. Spotlight a. go as fast I 5_______ 6_______ enough
2. Whisper b. unable to see I 7_________ that I heard you 8_________
3. Keep an eye on c. theatre: focused I 9_________ that I heard you 10_________
sth light I think I 11________ I 12______ you try
4. Blinded d. watch [sth]
carefully Every 13_________
5. Failed e. soft talk Of every 14_________ hour I'm
6. Hint f. Idiot
15_________ my confessions
7. Keep up with g. Fall
16_________ to keep an eye on you
8. Slip h. Beating violently
9. Flailing i. Tip/clue Like a hurt lost and blinded fool,fool
10. Fool j. Stop functioning Oh no I've 17_______ too much
I set it up

3. Choose the right word

Consider this
Consider this
The hint / hit of the century
Consider this
The slip / sleep that brought / broke me
To my knees / teeth failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought / bought that I heard you laughing / loving
I thought / bought that I heard you sing / think
I think I thought / bought I saw / was you try