Lisztomania Lyrics

[Bridge]
Ooh, this is showtime, this is showtime, this is showtime
Ooh, this is showtime, this is showtime, this is showtime
Time, time to show it off, time to show it off
It's time to show it off
Time, time to show it off, time to show it off
It's time to show it off

[Chorus]
From the mess to the masses
Lisztomania
Think less, but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, oh

Disgust, disgust, disgust, disgust, disgust, discouraged

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Genius Annotation

Thom signals his abandonment of romance with a diss to Romanticism, the 19th Century artistic movement (exemplified by composer/pianist Franz Liszt), because every boy has the “first love” who broke his heart and turned him into a wolf.

We liked the idea that it’s just a mash-up, that our songs bring in influences from everywhere. I think that Franz Liszt was one of them; there were other things, visuals. And maybe it was the fact that we grew up in Versailles and we were surrounded by historical things. Maybe they came back that way. – Thomas Mars

Music critics noted this song’s fresh take on the 1980s New Wave sound. To see it in sheet music, compare these drum tags for Lisztomania to the drum tags for The Cure’s “Close to Me” … or just watch this video syncing Lisztomania with the dance break in The Breakfast Club (and a couple other John Hughes movie clips).

…and this spoof of “Lisztomania” and The Breakfast Club’s dance scene featuring future Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez!

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