Sittin' pretty with my kiss-ups
Think I'm gonna have my cake
And eat it too
Savage, put me on the blacklist
Got ya dazed before I even
Lace my shoes
I could get used to being called "king"
I kinda like 'em down on their knees
I'm ready for my closeup
So play that music called "applause"
I'm knockin' off my scoffers
One by one by one by one
And when I'm on the throne
Won't let no man call me "soft"
"Soft"
Won't let no man call me "soft"
Competitions, smiling politicians
Scrambling to butter me up
Like French toast
Don't care, popularity's rare
No one wants to hear the emperor's
Not clothed
Before too long you'll straight-up hate me
But, hey, that's why there's the guillotine
I'm ready for my closeup
So play that music called "applause"
I'm knockin' off my scoffers
One by one by one by one
And when I'm on the throne
Won't let no man call me "soft"
"Soft"
Won't let no man call me "soft"
Why do you weep?
Did you think I was immortal?
Oh, go on and weep
Guess it turns out I'm immortal
So long live the king
So play that music called "applause"
I'm knockin' off my scoffers
One by one by one by one
And when I'm on the throne
Won't let no man call me "soft"
"Soft"
Won't let no man call me "soft"