Sam: I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong To crash the critic saying: "Is it right or is it wrong?" If only fame had an IV, baby, could I bear? Being away from you, I've found the vein, put it in here Blaine: I live for the applause, applause, applause Artie: I live for the applause-plause Live for the applause-plause Ryder: Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me The applause, applause, applause Marley with New Directions Boys: Give me that thing that I love (Sam: I’ll turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, touch (Blaine and Sam: Make it real loud) Give me that thing that I love (Sam: I’ll turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, touch (Blaine: Make it real loud) Ryder with New Directions Boys: A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Artie: Make it real loud) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Marley and Artie: Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Artie: Make it real loud) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Marley and Artie: Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch) Sam: I've overheard your theory: "Nostalgia’s for geeks!" Ryder: I guess sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read Artie: One second I’m a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me Pop culture was in art, now art’s in pop culture, in me Blaine with New Directions Boys: I live for the applause, applause, applause Artie with New Directions Boys: I live for the applause-plause Live for the applause-plause Ryder and Marley with New Directions Boys: Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me The applause, applause, applause Marley with New Directions Boys: Give me that thing that I love (Sam: I’ll turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, touch (Blaine and Sam: Make it real loud) Give me that thing that I love (Sam: I’ll turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, touch (Blaine: Make it real loud) Ryder with New Directions Boys: A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Artie: Make it real loud) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Marley and Artie: Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Artie: Make it real loud) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Marley and Artie: Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch) Marley with New Directions Boys (Artie): (Now!) Touch, touch (Hoooh!) Touch, touch now (Oh woah! Oh woah!) Now, now, now, now (Oh woah!) Now, now, now, now (Oooh!) Marley with Blaine: I live for the applause, applause, applause Marley and Artie: I live for the applause-plause Live for the applause-plause Ryder, Artie and Marley: Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me Ryder and Marley (Artie): The applause (The applause) Applause, applause (Yeah, yeah) Marley with New Directions Boys (Artie): Give me that thing that I love (Sam: I’ll turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, touch (Oh whoa!) (Sam and Blaine: Make it real loud) Give me that thing that I love (Give me, give me, yeah!) (Sam: I’ll turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, touch (Put it up, oh!) (Blaine: Make it real loud) Ryder with New Directions Boys: A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Sam: Make it real loud) (Artie: Ooh!) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Marley: Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch) (Blaine: Make it real loud!) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Sam: Make it real loud) (Artie: Oh whoa! Oh whoa!) A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E (Marley: Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch) (Artie: Oh whoa, ooh!) Marley with New Directions Boys: A-R-T-P-O-P