L'influence Led Zeppelin sur Rush est encore important sur ce morceau comme sur les 2 autres morceaux courts de l'album.
La chanson parle de la prise de la Bastille dans la révolution Française. "Bastille Day" réapparait sur les CD et DVD "R30" comme ouverture instrumentale.
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
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
Document vidéo de 1976 de l'émission TV Caught in the Act
LE COIN DES FANS
Section Groupe
at The 2002 Philly TabCon (GPAT) enregistrement studio
Partie 2
Section Batterie
Par Martin Periard
Par thealien666
Par Pauliewanna
Section Guitare
par Dukeman50