I need perspective, 'cos I'm facing the wall.
  I need perspective, 'cos I'm not that tall.
  I need perspective, heard the trumpet call.
  Don't trust my eyes, want to know where things fall.
    I need perspective, party time for the newly wed.
  I need perspective, colors 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.
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  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.
    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.
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    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 all I can,
  Just the same, the same as all my kind, so blind.
    I need perspective.