Extreme Occident

Navigating Life's Extremes: Madonna's Journey of Self-Discovery
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Lyrics

I went to the far right

Expresses a movement towards a more conservative or traditional perspective.

Then I went to the far left

Indicates a shift towards a more liberal or unconventional standpoint.

I've tried to recover

Reflects an attempt to recover or find stability.

My center of gravity

Describes the search for a personal equilibrium or focal point.


I guess I'm lost

Conveys a sense of being lost or uncertain about one's position.

I had to pay the cost

Acknowledges a price or consequence paid for decisions made.

The thing that hurt me most

Highlights a specific pain or challenge faced in the journey.

Was that I wasn't lost

Ironically reveals that the true pain was not in being lost but in realizing one wasn't lost.


I came from the Midwest

Indicates a geographical shift from the Midwest to the Far East.

Then I went to the Far East

Expresses a quest to find one's true self and identity.

I tried to discover

Reflects the struggle to uncover and understand personal identity.

My own identity

Continues the theme of searching for a center or core within oneself.


I guess I'm lost

Reiterates the feeling of being lost or disconnected.

I paid a handsome cost

Emphasizes a significant cost or sacrifice paid for the journey.

The thing that hurt the most

Specifies the most painful aspect of the experience.

Was that I wasn't lost

Reveals the irony that the true pain was realizing one wasn't lost.

I wasn't lost

Reiterates the realization that being lost wasn't the actual state.


No, I wasn't lost

Confirms the absence of being lost, introducing a different feeling.

It was a different feeling

Describes a unique emotional state, a mix of clarity and madness.

A mix of lucidity, and craziness

Explores the complexity of emotions experienced, not fitting the typical idea of being lost.

But I wasn't lost, you believed me

Asserts that despite appearances, the person wasn't truly lost, and others believed otherwise.


I was right

Affirms the correctness of the individual's choices and perspectives.

And I've got the right

Declares the entitlement to make personal life choices.

To choose my own life

Asserts the autonomy to shape one's own life, completing a full circle.

Like a full circle

Draws a parallel between life and a full circle, implying completion and continuity.


Life is a circle, life is a circle

Repeats the idea that life is cyclical, reinforcing the concept of ongoing patterns.

Life is a circle, life is a circle

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Life is a circle, life is a circle

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Life is a circle, life is a circle

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Aquilo que mais magoa

Expresses the pain of not being lost, emphasizing the unexpected source of suffering.

É que eu não estava perdida

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Aquilo que mais magoa

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É que eu não estava perdida

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Guess I'm lost

Reiterates the feeling of being lost, creating a contrast with earlier statements.

I had to pay the cost

Acknowledges the cost paid for feeling lost again.

The thing that hurt me most

Specifies the most hurtful aspect of the renewed sense of being lost.

Was that I wasn't lost

Reveals the irony that the true pain was realizing one wasn't lost, again.

I wasn't lost

Concludes with a repetition of the realization that being lost wasn't the actual state.

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