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 considered one of his most misunderstood works resides inside the 1994 album Youthanasia– the hauntingly lovely “A Tout le Monde.”

Translated from French, the title merely means “To everybody.” Nonetheless, 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 need to go.” This false impression reached its peak in 2006 when a gunman referencing the track carried out a tragic taking pictures in Montreal, killing two folks (together with himself) and injuring 19 others.

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

“It was mainly a couple of dream I had the place… My mother had died all of the sudden, 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 may 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’d need to say, ‘I really like you.’ I would not need to say, like, ‘Do not contact that’ – you already know, one thing silly. I’d reasonably or not it’s one thing significant.” Mustaine defined.

“Sadly, in Canada, there was some controversy across the track, however I dealt with it,” he added. “I mentioned I used to be not going to let that man attempt to take my track away from the folks I wrote it for. And that factor type of went away – attempting accountable us for that. It was very similar to the Judas Priest factor that occurred a very long time in the past [referring to when Priest went to trial to show they weren’t responsible for the deaths of two younger males who cited the band’s music as the explanation they killed themselves]. However I believe the track’s a stupendous track, and folks find it irresistible.”

“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 might be singing the refrain, bear in mind it is a track of farewell, not despair.