In my hour of need
Ha, you're not there
And though I reach out for you
Wouldn't lend a hand
Through the darkest hour
Grace did not shine on me
It feels so cold, very cold
No one cares for me
Did you ever think I get lonely?
Did you ever think that I needed love?
Did you ever think to stop thinking
You're the only one that I'm thinking of?
You'll never know how hard I tried
To find my space and satisfy you too.
Things will be better when I'm dead and gone
Don't try to understand
Knowing you, I'm probably wrong
But oh, how I lived my life for you
Still you'd turn away
Now as I die for you
My flesh still crawls as I breathe your name
All there years I thought I was wrong
Now I know it was you
Raise your head, raise your face, your eyes
Tell me who you think you are, who?
I walk, I walk alone into the promised land.
There's a better place for me
But it's far, far away
Everlasting life for me in a perfect world
But I gotta die first,
Please God send me on my way
Time has a way of taking time
Loneliness is not only felt by fools
Alone I call to ease the pain
Yearning to be held by you
Alone, so alone, I'm lost, consumed by the pain
The pain, the pain, the pain
Won't you hold me again?
You just laughed, ha ha, bitch!
My whole life is work built on the past
But the time has come when all things shall pass
The good has passed away.
In my darkest hour



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"In My Darkest Hour" as written by Dave/ellefson Mustaine

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    General Comment:i see all of ur pointz but here were we go down.....metallica had megadeth beat in the 80'z but now lars cant keep the speed he once had james doesnt got a voice no more kirk doesnt have any skill at all...and they do have robert trujillo who by my POV is almost the best...but here where metallica got megadeth beat if they only had cliff they wouldnt suck no more RIP cliff
    Flag SLAYER1981on March 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:this song is awesome. but metallica still rule the world
    Flag tomymachinon September 17, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:One of the best songs ever. Ever!
    Flag Metalratexon January 29, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:My interpretation of this song would be of someone exiting a relationship, and the dude had loved this woman so much, he thinks things would be better if he'd just kill himself, and relieve himself of the emotional pain he's feeling.
    Flag Dethrideron November 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song could be about Metallica and how they abandond Mustaine during a time of his life when he needed friends. It must have been a horrible feeling seing Metallica rising to the top without him.
    Flag Soulviveron October 08, 2010   Link
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    Translation:It's been stated that Dave wrote this song in one sitting after he heard about the death of Cliff Burton. The lyrics however are about one of this ex-girlfriends.
    Flag lastcaress23on September 25, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:He wrote this song in a day after he got the call from a friend that Cliff Burton died. The song is about his gf Diana at the time.
    Flag ChaosPhalanxon September 01, 2010   Link
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    My Opinion:Seriously, how do these discussions ALWAYS turn into "Metallica roolz dood" or "Megadeth ownz." If you're not a musician, do everyone a favor and just shut the hell up because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Only closed-minded idiots say that so and so "sucks" unless that band/person really does suck but who cares because they've made it further than you (you're sitting in front of a goddamn computer while they're having a threesome). Besides that, you have no way to tell that a musician is living up to his or her full potential because record companies restrict artists and pidgeonhole them into whatever niche got them a double platinum album. Personally, I can't tolerate the emo, whiny stuff on MTV but I have NO ROOM to insult anyone who's landed a record deal because they're doing what they love, getting paid large sums of money, and have busted their asses to get where they are.
    Flag skinnyb82on July 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I read on wikipedia that David Ellefson co wrote the lyrics, I wonder if that has to do with the double meanings. It also said that the girl he wrote it about was named Diana and that Mustaine wrote several songs about her. Does anyone know what other songs are about Diana?
    Flag Cabrosaon December 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:My observation: Musicians generally prefer Megadeth over metallica anyday.

    Common man/artists prefer metallica.


    When i say artists and not musicians, thats because an artist is good at following what other people make and covering it. A musician is the one who makes songs that inspires artists to follow.

    understanding the intensity, creativity and dedication Mustaine has put into Megadeth and the amazing music he has given the entire world, he has opened our horizon on thrash metal and that is nothing metallica can do. Dont get me wrong, metallica did make a few good songs.


    But remember. The songs that made metallica what they are were initially made by Dave Mustaine too. And what came after Mustaine wasnt even made by Hetfield, Ulrich or Kirk if i must say.


    Which is why when you look at metal guitarist reviews, generally dave mustaine takes it hands down.


    As for Lars....ha, all megadeth drummers were better than him.
    Flag Metalliston November 21, 2009   Link

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