Bastille Day
by Rush
From the album: Caress of Steel
Duration: 4:37
Lyrics for Bastille Day
Would you please welcome home Rush Ooh, there's no bread, let them eat cake There's no end to what they'll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they're marching to Bastille day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent Well, the king must kneel to let his kingdom rise Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow when they rode by And they're marching to Bastille day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of cacophony Well, the king has kneeled to let his kingdom rise Lessons taught but never learned All around us anger burns Guide the future by the past Long ago the mould was cast For they marched out to Bastille day La guillotine claimed her bloody prize Hear the echoes of the centuries Well, power isn't all that money buys Wow Thank you How you all doing tonight?