Aristocrats held all the cards The rules they made kept people barred And when the king refused to share their rights They knew this time he'd gone too far The palace guards had guns and mace To keep the marchers in their place But even if their restless blood should run The choice was made, the breakdown had begun Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille The tower fall, the flag is changed The new one still looks much the same While nameless faces sit for portrait painters About to see it all again Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Whose hand is seen as open? Whose hands are bound? Who wears the cap? Who wears the crown? Storm the Bastille ♪ Whose hand is seen as open? Whose hands were bound? Who wears the cap? Who wears the crown? Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille Storm the Bastille