song 229

 Song 229

Hello my fellow music lovers, welcome back to the blog! Today's song is Not Strong Enough by Apocalyptica feat. Brent Smith! I've reviewed one of their songs before, they have a lot of guests sing for them. Which I feel is really cool, because most of their music is classical, with no singing. But still rock oriented. One thing I love about this band, is their use of cellos. Who knew cellos could be involved in rock, but it just sounds so cool! So without further adieu, let's get into it! 

Starting with the intro, we already have that soft cello sound. It's very soothing to listen to actually. This leads us into the first verse: "I'm not strong enough to stay away, can't run from you. I just run back to you. Like a moth I'm drawn into your flame, you say my name, but it's not the same." He's speaking about how it's hard to resist the person he's talking about. The pre-chorus: "You look in my eyes, I'm stripped of my pride. And my soul surrenders, and you bring my heart to it's knees." Sounds like someone has it bad for whoever he's speaking about, which I totally understand. The vocals on this track are so freaking good! I absoultely love how this guy's voice sounds with the instrumentals. It's like this song was meant for him. The chorus: "And it's killing me, when you're away. I wanna leave and I wanna stay, I'm so confused. so hard to choose. Between the pleasure and the pain, and I know it's wrong and I know it's right. Even if I try to win the fight, my heart would overrule my mind. And I'm not strong enough to stay away." I know for me personally, whenever I like someone. I tend to fall hard for them, my feelings can sometimes cloud my judgement. I feel like that's what's being said here, how our hearts can sometimes take control over our thoughts. I think that's what people mean, when they say people do crazy things when they're in love. The second verse: "I'm not strong enough to stay away, what can I do? I would die without you. And your presence my heart knows no shame. I'm not to blame, cause you bring my heart to it's knees." Yeah he is clearly in love with this person, but there is something holding him back though. Because he says he's not strong enough to stay away from this person, meaning that he still feels like he has to in a way? Maybe? I could be reading that wrong, but that's where my mind goes. The arrangment of this song is so beautiful, with the blend of the cellos and the drums. It sounds amazing! Also this may be considered, what the internet calls "Divorced Dad Rock" Which I think is ridiculous, can we just call it rock please? Anyway the chorus then repeats, and we have the bridge, but it's pretty much repeating the same words over and over. "Strong enough, not strong enough, strong enough. To stay away. Strong enough, strong enough. Strong, strong enough. Strong enough." I think he's saying how this person makes him feel weak, like he mentions bringing him to his knees. So this person really puts him in the feels, which I totally get. Then the outro is this beautiful cello melody, I love how it draws out the song. It puts you back into that mood, of longing, and wanting to be with someone, but you know you should keep your distance, but still you can't keep away from love! Yeah, that's how it makes me feel anyway. Hehe. Really a beautiful piece of art, I highly recommend you check this out. 

That's it for this review, there's a song dropping this week, that I'm very excited to write about. So stay tune for that! Until next time, happy listening! RAWR XD <3