We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Bastille Day

by Daniel Whelan

supported by
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €1 EUR  or more

     

lyrics

5 am
And the blackbird begins to sing
From the loving arms of a tree
Overlooking St. Stephens Green
The morning sky is a soft eyed
Heron blue of dawn
So gnomic in its meaning
I couldn’t help but yawn

In a city
That’s just about half awake
As it begins to see its dreams
Breaking into day

6 am
As I lay my head down
Dying a death
Trying to find myself in the crowd
I’m thinking too much
Of what daddy should have done
Not thinking enough
Of what I could become

In a city
That’s just about half awake
As the fox it goes to sleep
And the priest begins to pray


July 14th
Different city different crowd
I thought I had found someone
With whom I could feel proud
The night-time sky is a white light
Mimicry of war
Oh the atmosphere’s the ceiling
For a country with a whore

In a city
That’s just about half awake
Where gold lines the streets
For which colonies have paid

I’m alone
And beginning to see
Loss is intrinsic to
Destiny

All this pain
Came to say
All of these people
Came to say

Happy Bastille Day

credits

released July 14, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Daniel Whelan Dublin, Ireland

Daniel Whelan grew and developed as a musician in the rural idylls of South Carlow. Near the foot of Mount Leinster he learned finger style guitar and listened to folk, country and alternative staples. His literary writing style developed out of a stiff Catholic upbringing and an inherent desperation to outgrow it's fettered approach to love, human nature and emotion. He is a romantic. ... more

contact / help

Contact Daniel Whelan

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Daniel Whelan, you may also like: