7th Symphony is the seventh studio album by the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica. It was released on August 20, 2010 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, August 23, 2010 in the rest of the world, and August 24, 2010 in the U.S. and Canada. Released three years after their previous album Worlds Collide, Apocalyptica has stayed with the tradition of having 4 tracks with featured vocalists, the remaining tracks are all instrumental. Dave Lombardo of Slayer is once again featured on drums, on the track entitled "2010". The band has been touring with touring vocalist Tipe Johnson in support of the album in Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the US since the summer of 2010.
The first single "End of Me" with Gavin Rossdale of Bush on vocals, was premiered on Finnish Radio Ylex on June 7, 2010. It received radio play June 28, 2010, and its release date was on August 6, 2010 in Germany. The second single from the album, "Broken Pieces" with Lacey Mosley, was released in October 2010. The third single, "Not Strong Enough" featuring Brent Smith, was released in November 2010, but not in the US, where another version of the song, featuring Doug Robb of Hoobastank on vocals, is expected to impact US radio on January 18, 2011. The song was re-recorded with Robb after the band failed to secure the rights to release the song to the US radio with Smith's vocals from Shinedown's label, Atlantic Records.
I'm not strong enough to stay away.
Can't run from you
I just run back to you.
Like a maltha I'm drowning through your flame,
Say my name, but it's not the same.
You look in my eyes I'm stripped of my pride.
And my soul surrounder and you bring my heart to it's knees.
And it's killin' me when you're away, I wouldn't leave and I wouldn't stay.
I'm so confused, So hard to choose.
Between the pressure 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 overwhelm my mind.
And I'm not strong enough to stay away
I'm not strong enough to stay away
What can I do
I would die without you
And with your presence my heart knows no shame
I'm not to blame
Cause you bring my heart to it's knees
And it's killin' me when you're away, I wouldn't leave and I wouldn't stay.
I'm so confused, So hard to choose.
Between the pressure 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 overwhelm my mind.
And I'm not strong enough to stay away
There's nothing I can do
My heart is dream to you
And I can't get free
Look what this has done to me
And it's killin' me when you're away, I wouldn't leave and I wouldn't stay.
I'm so confused, So hard to choose.
Between the pressure 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 overwhelm my mind.
And I'm not strong enough to stay away
~networld