Bastille Day

Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart / Geddy Lee

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
The king will kneel, and let his kingdom rise

Ooh, bloodstained velvet, dirty lace
Naked fear on every face
See them bow their heads to die
As we would bow as they rode by

And we're marching to Bastille Day
La guillotine will claim her bloody prize
Sing, o choirs of cacophony
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 up to Bastille Day
La guillotine claimed her bloody prize
Hear the echoes of the centuries
Power isn't all that money buys, whoa

Trivia about the song Bastille Day by Rush

On which albums was the song “Bastille Day” released by Rush?
Rush released the song on the albums “Caress of Steel” in 1975, “All The World Stage” in 1976, “Rush Through Time” in 1982, “Chronicles” in 1990, “Retrospective - 1974 - 1980” in 1997, “Different Stages” in 1998, “Retrospective Vol 1 (1974 - 1980)” in 2003, “Gold (2006)” in 2006, “Icon 2” in 2012, “Spirit Of The Airwaves” in 2014, and “Farewell To Kings 40th” in 2017.
Who composed the song “Bastille Day” by Rush?
The song “Bastille Day” by Rush was composed by Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, and Geddy Lee.

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