When the spotlights to out I'm invisible,
I'm a superstar, baby, you can google that,
My guest bathroom, full of my trophies,
neon coloured outfit so nobody misses me,
broken voice, because I'm talking way to loud,
I've gotta be an individual, otherwise they'll change me out
I'll stand on a table or start to throw fists
Why again is the conversation not about me?

I wave with both arms like a shipbroken man,
if everybody isn't looking I'm not really there,
I have 3 siblings but I am only child,
The only thing, that shuts me up is:

Applause, Applause, Applause,
Applause, Applause, Applause,
Applause, Applause, Applause,
is Applause, Applause, Applause,

Applause is a drug, the first hit comes free
Straight from the delivery room my first word was "me"
"Mama, watch jump this" she says "Super, dear"
"There is no boy on the world that does it as well as you"
Crayon-paintings nicer than the garbage at the louvre
Gold medals for my first attemps maneouvering,
I stare at my watch as soon as other people talk,
and because I can't be seen I'm afraid of the dark

I wave with both arms like a shipbroken man,
if everybody isn't looking I'm not really there,
I have 3 siblings but I am only child,
he only thing, that shuts me up is:

Applause, Applause, Applause,
Applause, Applause, Applause,
Applause, Applause, Applause,
is Applause, Applause, Applause,

My Therapist looks at me and says "mh-mh, aha"
I look forward to my funeral because I'll be the superstar,
Name your children after me and also some streets in berlin,
For this behaviour, they prescribed ritalin, today

Applause, Applause, Applause,
Applause, Applause, Applause,
Applause, Applause, Applause,
is Applause, Applause, Applause,