DAVE MUSTAINE Explains The Meaning Behind MEGADETH’s Most Misunderstood Song

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine is greater than only a shred king. He is additionally a surprisingly underrated lyricist, crafting thought-provoking songs like “Peace Sells,” “Holy Wars,” and “Symphony of Destruction.” However one among his most misunderstood works resides throughout the 1994 album Youthanasia– the hauntingly lovely “A Tout le Monde.”

Translated from French, the title merely means “To everybody.” Nevertheless, the refrain, “A tout le monde, a tous mes amis, je vous aime, je dois partir,” has drawn misinterpretations, with some believing it promotes suicide, because it interprets to “To everybody, to all my pals, I really like you, I have to go.” This false impression reached its peak in 2006 when a gunman referencing the music carried out a tragic capturing in Montreal, killing two folks (together with himself) and injuring 19 others.

In a current interview with Spin, Mustaine clarified the true that means behind the lyrics: a dream the place his mom, after passing away instantly, returns to Earth with one closing message – “I really like you.” He envisioned that if he may do the identical after his personal passing, his parting phrases would even be of affection, not trivial issues.

“It was principally a few dream I had the place… My mother had died instantly, and it was very surprising. And in my dream, my mother was capable of come again to earth and say one factor solely. And that one factor was, ‘I really like you.’ And I assumed that might be nice if I used to be in a position once I go to heaven to come back again and say one factor to the individuals who I really like – I might need to say, ‘I really like you.’ I would not need to say, like, ‘Do not contact that’ – , one thing silly. I might somewhat it’s one thing significant.” Mustaine defined.

“Sadly, in Canada, there was some controversy across the music, however I dealt with it,” he added. “I stated I used to be not going to let that man attempt to take my music away from the folks I wrote it for. And that factor form of went away – attempting responsible us for that. It was very like the Judas Priest factor that occurred a very long time in the past [referring to when Priest went to trial to prove they were not liable for the deaths of two young men who cited the band’s music as the reason they killed themselves]. However I feel the music’s a gorgeous music, and other people like it.”

“A Tout le Monde” has been recorded twice by Megadeth – as soon as in its authentic kind and once more in a duet with Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia on the 2007 album United Abominations. So, subsequent time you’re singing the refrain, keep in mind it is a music of farewell, not despair.