Knot Thinking

Not too many people expect that a heavy metal band will (can, should, would, does) write songs that have deep personal meanings behind them.

They'd be wrong.

Megadeth is one such band. Yes, I said Megadeth. Like their music or not, the lyrics written by frontman and founder Dave Mustaine can be quite amazing, from his songs dealing with his years of drug abuse (he actually literally died two or three times during overdoses earlier in his life and had to have his heart restarted by paramedics), to songs dealing with his family break-up, to his life as a young teen living on the streets on his own, and finally to his conversion to Christianity and his strong beliefs in the days of wrath coming under the rule of the anti-christ, Dave Mustaine is a man of strong beliefs and convictions who very much feels things deeply and passionately.

I present here one such song, from their 1994 album entitled Youthanasia. This song, to me at this time, sings out hard about the frustrations and questions that I, and so many others that I know as well, seem to have about life. Mr Mustaine, you speak for many of us, and I thank you.



“I Thought I Knew It All” by Megadeth


Somewhere there’s a reason
Why things go like they do
Somewhere there’s a reason
Why some things just fall through
We don’t always see them
For what they really are
But I know there’s a reason
Just can’t see it from this far

Maybe I don’t like it, but I have no choice
I know that somewhere, someone hears my voice

I thought I knew it all
I thought I had it made
How could it end this way?
I thought I knew

Somewhere there’s a reason
Why things don’t go my way
Somewhere there’s a reason
That I cannot explain
Just like the change of season
Just may not be my turn
But I know there’s a reason
The lesson’s mine to learn

Maybe I don’t like it, but I have no choice
I know that somewhere, someone hears my voice

I thought I knew it all
I thought I had it made
How could it end this way?
I thought I knew

I thought I knew it all
I thought I had it made
How could it end this way?
I thought I knew




Or, as I see it: "I know there’s a Reason, Just can’t see it from this far", and "I know that somewhere, Someone hears my voice"

God is out there. He holds the answers. He has not forgotten, nor has He failed.

Stay strong, people, and trust God, for His goodness endures forever.