[Verse 1]
I need perspective because I'm facing the wall
I need perspective because I'm not that tall
I need perspective, I heard the trumpet call
Don't trust my eyes, I wanna know where things fall
I need perspective, party time for the newly-wed
I need perspective, colours ran as the images bled
I need perspective, like confetti on the flower bed
Don't trust my eyes, priest crying he's got fire in his head

[Chorus]
Oh Gaia, if that's your name
Treat you like dirt, but I don't want to blame
Oh Gaia, the wind heals the fire
And blows the ash away

[Verse 2]
I need perspective, sitting in a long, long hall
I need perspective, staring at the white, white wall
I need perspective, waiting for the phone to call
Don't trust my eyes, there's one thing I've got to tell you all
I need perspective to see through red, red skies
I need perspective to carry merchandise
I need perspective, I don't trust my eyes
Don't trust my eyes, and I don't like surprise

[Chorus]
Oh Gaia, if that's your name
Treat you like dirt, but I don't want no blame
Oh Gaia, the wind heals the fire
And blows the ash away

[Bridge]
I used to be an industrial giant
Sitting in a garden full of chemical plants
Trying very hard to get you off my mind
Acting like any man, taking you for everything I can
Just the same, the same as all my kind, so blind

[Outro]
I need perspective
I need perspective
I need perspective
I need perspective
I need perspective
I need perspective
I need perspective
I need perspective, doo-duh, doo-duh
Doo-doo-doo-d-d-doo-duh, 'spective
I need perspective
I need perspective
Doo-doo-d-d-doo-d-d-doo
Doo-doo-doo-d-doo, doo-d-d-doo-doo, 'spective
Doo-doo-doo, perspective
Da-doo, da-doo, doo-doo-doo
Da-doo, da-doo
Da-da-da-da-da-da-ta-da-doo
Da-doo-da-da-ta
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, I need perspective