Songs about Life or Death

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[glow=purple,2,300]found any deep or meaningful songs about life or death? Post 'em here!

Note:NOT CHRISTIAN SONGS ABOUT LIFE! /rant



A Tout Le Monde by Megadeth

A Tout Le Monde is the fourth song on Megadeth's 1994 album Youthanasia. Beginning with a melancholy acoustic rhythm and Dave Mustaine's softly spoken vocals, the subject of the song ponders a life that, for whatever reason has clearly approached the end. At first the subject thinks only of himself and his own story, "Don't remember where I was, I realised life was a game. The more seriously I took things, the harder the rules became." The chorus switches to his legacy, and thoughts of his family. "So as you read this, know my friends, I'd love to stay with you all. Smile when you think of me, my body's gone, that's all."

The main chorus, spoken in French, translates as follows:

"A tout le monde"

To all the World (French expression for "To everyone")
"A tout mes amis"

To all my friends
"Je vous aime"

I love you (plural)
"Je dois partir"

I must leave
There is much debate whether the subject matter is suicide or an inevitable death. The line "So as you read this, know my friends..." implies that what is being heard is possibly a suicide note. "I'd love to stay with you all" suggests, however, that the subject is unwilling to die.

However in an interview conducted about 1994 Dave Mustaine clearly states "It's not a suicide song. 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 need 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 and different, I loved you all."

Incidentally, this is the last song Kimveer Gill listened to and posted on his blog for 2 days before going on the Dawson College shooting.

-from Wikipedia



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 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 all are scarred

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

So as you read, know my friends
I'd love to stay with you all
Please smile, smile when you think about 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

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[lawks_fuster]

i do love MCR's welcome to the black parade!
i think everybody already knows the song! you think there's still a need fo me to post the lyrics?! anyway... here ya!

When I was
A young boy,
My father
Took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said,
"Son when
You grow up,
Would you be
The saviour of the broken,
The beaten and the damned?"
He said
"Will you
Defeat them,
Your demons,
And all the non believers,
The plans that they have made?
Because one day
I'll leave you,
A phantom
To lead you in the summer,
To join the black parade."

When I was
A young boy,
My father
Took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said,
"Son when
You grow up,
Would you be
The saviour of the broken,
The beaten and the damned?"

Sometimes I get the feeling
She's watching over me.
And other times I feel like I should go.
And through it all,
The rise and fall,
The bodies in the streets.
And when you're gone we want you all to know

We'll carry on,
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on

And in my heart I can't contain it
The anthem won't explain it.

A world that sends you reeling
From decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black
And take it back
Let's shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end
We hear the call

To carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches

On and on we carry through the fears
Oh oh ohhhh)
Disappointed faces of your peers
(Oh oh ohhhh)
Take a look at me
'Cause I could not care at all
Do or die
You'll never make me
Cause the world
Will never take my heart
You can try
You'll never break me
We want to play this part
Won't explain
Or say i'm sorry
I'm unashamed,
I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer
For all the broken
Listen here,
Because it's who we are
I'm just a man,
I'm not a hero
Just a boy
Who had to sing this song
Im just a man,
I'm not a hero
I
Don't
Care

We'll carry on
We'll carry on
And though your dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated You're weary widow marches on
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry
We'll carry on