This Was My Life Lyrics
This song is about a relationship Dave Mustaine had that didn't go well. In his own words:
"Before my spouse, I had a relationship with a very charming lady that went awry. Every possible way you could wreck a relationship, I did. Many times I wanted to kill her or myself, and I knew that I would go to jail if I did, so I balked." (Mustaine, 1992)
"I had the very seedy, sordid love affair that took place over six years, and I've gotten a lot of great songs out of it. She's probably biting her nails, wondering what this album's gonna say about her! This particular song is about a time I wanted to kill her. I'm laying in her bed, and she's examining my head, and my feeling of being under her microscope is the part of me that hates. I know I'm going to get her back, but that when I do, I'm throwing my own switch on an electric chair, buying my own ticket. It's a confession of the madness I felt at the time." (Mustaine)
I may be wrong on this, but I believe that Tornado of Souls is another song based on this relationship.
It's mean to be seen as someone who's not lead a perfect life...and he's looking back on everything he didn't enjoy about it.
I don't agree
I don't agree
anybody who has been in a relationship that is going downhill can relate to this song... the moment when you realize that this is all going nowhere, that the two persons hate each other and that they would be better off without
the chorus to me is the guy thinking about kiling the other person while trying to sleep "lying on your bed examining my head"
In our l(if)e, there is IF In our be(lie)fs, there is LIE In our bu(sin)ess, there is SIN In our bo(die)s, there is DIE
nobody caught that yet, but I've always thought it was good poetry, because you have to doubletake to understand what he is saying. he's saying (in this part of the song) something is hidden in everything, in this case he dissected the words to find IF LIE SIN DIE If you lie and sin you die, (cliff burton anyone) just making crazy connections but metallica lied and sinned and the last of their real talent died with Cliff after they got rid of dave Payback is a bitch
and the electric chair he is talking about seems to relate to Ride the Lightning, which has a lot of Dave's work on it. Strung into sentences - master of puppets pulling strings
Dudes, Dave mustaine is smarter than we really can comprehend, I want to meet him.
Wow robert grim reaper! That was deep stuff and I never would have thought about this song in that way. It makes perfect sense and I totally agree. Two thumbs up!
thanks dude. a lot of the songs on countdown have more to them than meets the eye