Sun Kil Moon - Bastille Day lyrics

My sister called, she said, "Mark
Where are you?"
I said, "I'm on my way from Milan
Italy to Bologna" she said, "I'm glad you're
Not anywhere near Nice, france" she said
"Ninety-four people just died there
In a terrorist attack"

They were out celebrating Bastille Day
Some crazy fuck plowed through
Them with the truck, throwing hand grenades
People scattered about and some took
Refuge in the sea
I said, "Don't worry, little sister
Everything's okay here with me"
But things aren't okay in
This crazy fucking world
No place is safe for mothers or fathers
Of the boys of the girls
Yeah, things are a mess on
This crazy fucking planet


People getting slaughtered left and right
North and south, and east and west
Goddammit hate is at it's peak on
This crazy fucking planet

People getting slaughtered like cattle
Goddammit
People getting massacred over and over
And it's oppressing our spirit and
Our faith in humanity
It's impossible not to feel it
(feel it, feel it)
Elementary schools, ask Newtown about that
Or Denver
Colorado about that purple haired fuck
Who went and saw Batman or Paris
France about that Eagles of Death Metal
Actually don't mention that one
'cause for them
The dust is still not settled
Virginia Tech kid showing off his AK
To subs on the internet
Tomorrow we're gonna be at

The Brussels train station
Terrorism doesn't end, does it
Bombs going off at train stations
And office buildings and airports
Turn on the news for the
Latest death toll report
And as we're driving
I look out from the bales of hay
I hate to say it but on
That guy who ruined Bastille Day
I hoped the cops put ninety-four
Bullets in his fucking brains
It pours, it pours, it pours, it pours
It pours and it pours when it rains
People in France are in

Debilitating pain today
So send some love and if you don't
Then hang your fucking head in shame
If you believe in God, say, "My
Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name but forgiving those
Who trespass against us is in-fucking-sane"

Went for a walk around my hotel in Milan
Pink or white oleanders flourishing
On the hotel lawn i saw a lizard on the
Sidewalk and he scurried away
This tour has been a grind and it was nice
To get out and breathe the air today
Now we're in the van and we're
Going to stop for Italian food
Someone said, "Hey, on the other hand
Did you hear the positive news?"
Mick Jagger announced his
Girlfriend's pregnancy he's seventy-two
She's a ballerina in her 20s
Hey, I gotta admit I kinda envy that dude
When my grandpa was seventy-two he was being
Fed baby food with a plastic spoon
His eyes were like a fish
That's faded gray and blue and off his chin
The candy stripers were wiping off his drool

And we're in the van listening to Faith
No More's "King for a Day"
Our driver Francesco listens to this
One to keep himself awake
And as we drive I think about
The future of my nieces
I hope the world in her 20s
Hasn't been blown to fucking pieces
And as we drive and I'm looking at tall
Skinny pines
Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever
Ever had to actualize
It's my last summer being forty-nine
Considering everything
I gotta say I'm doing fine

Thought I'm gonna sing this
Song in Bologna tonight
I'm gonna sing it for France and
Burn a candle for them tonight
And if Rush is out there
Somewhere on tour today
I hope for France they're playing
Caress of Steel's "Bastille Day"
And when they're marching on Bastille Day
For Nice
France that day is never gonna be the same
And when they're marching on Bastille Day
For Nice
France that day is never gonna be the same

While they were marching on Bastille Day
A guillotine had claimed her bloody prayer
While they were marching on Bastille Day
A guillotine had claimed her bloody prayer
While they were marching on Bastille Day
A guillotine had claimed her bloody prayer
While they were marching on Bastille Day