A Tout Le Monde

(Music, lyrics: Mustaine)

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 denied

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 Tout Le Monde
A tout mes 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


A Tout Le Monde

"'A Tout Le Monde'... is unlike anything Megadeth has done before. It is written by Dave Mustaine about a previous suicide attempt and is definitely a, if not the, highlight of the album." (1994)

"There were a lot of times when I was lost. In February '93 there was no solution to a temporary problem because I just lost focus. I ate a handful of valiums, and I overdosed... Why I would want to voluntarily kill myself through the use of stuff that's not supposed to do any good for me just makes me rethink my whole way of life right now." (Mustaine)

"We don't write music that has any kind of suggestion about taking one's life. It is more like, 'Hey, we have a problem, let's be part of the solution'." (Mustaine)

"Playing this song in France was the greatest!! It is an amazing feeling to hear tens of thousands of people singing your song in a foreign language! Believe it or not, I sort of fashioned the intro of the guitar solo after Larry Carlton's solo in Lionel Richie's 'Hello'. If you're gonna copy something, you might as well copy something that was a hit..." (Friedman, 2002)

"A Tout Le Monde
A tout mes amis
Je vous aime
Je dois partir"

The song's French refrain, roughly translates to:

"To all the world (to everyone)
To all my friends
I love you (all)
I must leave."

A Tout Le Monde