A Tout le Monde
Youthanasia
1994
Duration: 4:28
Track number: 4
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman
Theme
A renowned power ballad written from the perspective of a person offering a final farewell to their loved ones before death. The French phrase **'À tout le monde'** (To everyone) is a simple, peaceful goodbye, aiming to set the narrator's soul free without suggesting suicide (a point of controversy when the song was initially released).
Lyrics
Don't remember where I was
I realized life was a game
The more seriously I took things
The harder the rules became
I had no idea what it'd cost
My life passed before my eyes
I found out how little I accomplished
All my plans tonight
So as you read this know my friends
I'd love to stay with you all
Please smile when you think of me
My body's gone that's all
A tous le monde
A tous les amis
Je vous aime
Je dois partir
These are the last words
I'll ever speak
And they'll set me free
If my heart was still alive
I know it would surely break
And my memories left with you
There's nothing more to say
Moving on is a simple thing
What it leaves behind is hard
You know the sleeping feel no more pain
And the living are scarred
