I need a full-length mirror to be cool with myself I need a grande old Steinway all to myself I need a deep cup of coffee to reflect on myself I need to rival Alexandria with my bookshelf I need a porcelain bathtub brimming with foam I need a garden of love on a bed alone I need an allegory written on a golden door I won't take any less, I won't take any less I need the Amazon rainforest in my lounge I need a medicine man just hangin' around I need a palm oil coffee beans rub 'em, oh yeah I need to turn a million pages just to see what I can I need a spiritual guide as I climb to the top I need an accurate watch that the gods couldn't stop I need wings like knights flyin' over the rock I cried when I saw the Acropolis I need a portrait in oils at the top of the stairs I need a room far away from the cold night air I need a big glass window and a storm out there I need the library of Alexandria I need a passionate lover I need a mathematician I need a video camera I need a court musician I need a full-length mirror I need a full-length mirror I need a full-length mirror I need a full-length mirror to examine myself I need it broken in pieces, multiplyin' myself I need a mystical syllable to say to myself I need a vanitas hangin' over my bookshelf I need the Pantheon dancin' on a porcelain plate I need a team of linguists to interpret my fate I need an oak tree rustlin' at the garden gate I want more than a kiss, I want more than a kiss I want more than a kiss I want more than a kiss I want more than a kiss