A Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)

On Feb. '93 Megadeth was booked to play the Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Japan. A few days before leaving for Japan, they played a show in Eugene, Oregon. During that concert Mustaine was a disaster, at the time he was still struggling with addiction and alcoholism. And to make matters worse, the barricades at the front of the stage suddenly broke and the fans rushed the stage and started a riot. Mustaine and the rest of the band left the venue but shortly after, Mustaine collapsed from the alcohol and drugs in his body.He was rushed to a hospital, but upon arriving at the emergency room Mustaine died. Dave WAS resuscitated at the hospital. After that, he was sent to a rehab center to get over his addiction. That's how he got the inspiration to write this amazing song. Dave wanted people to know loved them in case he doesnt have a chance to say it then he dies:

"What it is, it's, you, it's when people have a loved one that dies and they end on a bad note, you know, they wish that they could say something to them. So this is an opportunity for the deceased to say something before they go. And it was my impression of what I would like to say to people, if I had say, 3 seconds to do so in life before I died I'd say to the entire world, to all my friends, I love you all, and now I must go. These are the last words I'll ever speak, and they'll set me free. I don't have to say I'm sorry, I don't have to say I'm going to miss you, or I'll wait for ya. You know, I'll just say I loved you all, good, bad, indifferent, I loved you all."

-Dave Mustaine

You should read dave's auto biograpy... it explains the whole being dropped of MTV thing and how it was 1st perceived as a song about suicide... Its not, dave has said as much in the book. This is one of the most sincere metal songs ever written, this guy is singing with his heart on his sleeve (to use a well clichèd line).

i dont mean to bitch... but slashess was close with the translation. The closer one is:

to all the world to all my friends i love you all i must leave

No, Slashess is right, "tout le monde" means everyone. All the world is a direct translation, but the french language was not ment as a direct translation from english.

i think it celebrates and lets everyone know,death is not an option,it happens and let it be....dont grieve that im gone remeber what i was

p.s. "moving on is a simple thing,What it leaves behind is hard" on of the deepest and truest lyrics i have ever heard

Many people in the discussion for the original version (better or worse? I say just different) say that is song is about suicide. I don't necessary disagree, but I think that's to narrow minded. I really think it's about accepting one's own fate. I've made the request of my brother that if anything should happen to me on my upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, that this song be played at my funeral.

The song was written when Dave Mustaine returned from the dead after taking an overdose before writing the album Youthanasia, was killed a few minutes and resuscitated in the emergency room, the song is about his experience and his reasoning after his affair with death.

"A tout le monde /A tout les amis/Je vous aime /Je dois partir" literally translates to "To everyone, to all friends, I love you, but I must leave."

its about dave mustaine when he tried to overdose on valium during the symphony of destruction tour

I don't believe it is a suicide note at all, but a song to celebrate a persons life after they died. It is very beautiful and I'm sure thousands of fans have played it at funerals of their loved ones lol