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A memory applause, applause, applause
I live for the applause, applause, applause
Ayar tepee Opie
A-R-T-P-O-P
I found the liquid hidden here
I found the vein, put it in here
I level the applause
I live for the applause
I live for the way that your children scream my name
I live for the way that you cheer and scream for me
I love it when you're gone, you're gone, you're gone
I live for the applause, applause, applause
I'm genuinely not sure how I confused these lyrics but I did. Maybe it's the delivery. I don't know.
I never reapplause
I live for the applause
I stand here waiting for you to find the gauze.
I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong.
I stand here waiting for you to thank the gods.
I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong.
I'm eating applesauce, the sauce, the sauce
I live for the applause applause applause
One second I'm a c**t speck, then suddenly the c**t's in me
One second I'm a Koons, suddenly the Koons is me
It's a figurative reference to Jeff Koons, an American artist known for reproductions of banal objects
The way that your children scream for me.
The way that you cheer and scream for me
The way that your children speak to me.
The way that you cheer and scream for me
There will be applause, applause, applause
I live for the applause, applause, applause
There will be hey let your children sing for me
The way that you cheer and scream for me