: The music video, directed by Tarsem Singh, drew inspiration from the Italian painter Caravaggio and Gabriel García Márquez’s short story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" .
The title is a Southern idiom meaning to "lose your cool," reach the end of your rope, or become civically exasperated. Lead singer Michael Stipe wrote the lyrics from the perspective of a "shy wallflower" at a party, desperately pining for someone who may not even know they exist. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion Lyrics
: This captures the internal struggle of overthinking every interaction in a crush. : The music video, directed by Tarsem Singh,