[Verse 1] An eagle soares As the streets all crawl with people, stores and debris on the floor We sweep up in awe at the cathedral walls This city's laws are in need of rehaul Freedom calls Soldiers amassing and stacking their ammunition deep in the courts Stand in a rank v. tattered banners and flags enacting a massacre The assassins see this and leap from the walls unsure what the August Decrees did at all Are you sure the Bastille couldn't fall? We should rally morale and proceed with the war Locks are chopped The drawbridge drops The raucus flock 'til they're reaching the courts ignoring the shots meat for the slaughter bleed on the floor just reeking of gore Thanks a lot to the sans-culottes for yanking off the breeches they wore Breaching the walls and windows leap to the floor and the smokescreen it before defeating the bourgeoisie with a claw I'm sure we've seen this before Better catch and dispatch him or that matchstick'll blast this bastion to ashes That sort of action's a burning mistake Chat to my back cause I'm turning away The earliest grave is the turn of your fate courtesy of the dear Third Estate
[Hook] Alouette Gentile alouette Alouette Je te plumerai Je te plumerai la tête Je te plumerai la tête Et la tête Et la tête Je te plumerai la tête
[Verse 2] The blade of the guillotine drops I look at my watch then put it in my pocket and hurry, I've got to run in and stop my unlucky target succumbing to harm and crumbling under the chopping block while onlookers watch in numbness and shock Back to the backstreets and the cobble No palace these chaps dream of a hovel Run around the action Gunpowder blasting Push past the crowds and leap up a shop wall Two hops and I'm on the rooftop Move to a new spot and then I'll soon drop Assess the scene eagle-eyed who needs to bleed who needs to die you need to read between the lines and move the bleating sheep aside This is the reason why I made the decision to leave Versailles Grim Reaper, unsheathe my scythe then cleave and leave deprived of the need to breathe or even be alive, at least You see, I need to find Elise cause she gives me a reason to be a lease on life as we unite
[Hook] Alouette Gentile alouette Alouette Je te plumerai Je te plumerai la tête Je te plumerai la tête Et la tête Et la tête Je te plumerai la tête