False Pretense

Album: Don't You Fake It (2006)
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Songfacts®:

  • A false pretense is a deliberate misrepresentation, which when put forth by a friend or loved one, amounts to betrayal. In this song, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus take this kind of person to task with lines like "The world's got a funny way of turning 'round on you when a friend tries to stab you right in the face." They talked about this song at Warped Tour 2007, saying it was one they were passionate about.
  • "False Pretense" was the second single from The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, following "Face Down," which became their breakout hit. Both songs were part of their 2006 debut album, Don't You Fake It. The band earned radio play for these songs and also got a boost from MySpace, one of the early social networks, where they were quite popular.

Comments: 2

  • Amayah from Lincoln UkMAN this is just one of those songs you gotta scream like it’s just TOO good WTF
  • Dean from Daytona, --this reminds me of one of my friends that ive had since KINDERGARTEN! we were the best of friends till I became the popular one and it was like I was ignoring him but look at me now Im 20 going on 21 still popular but this song made me talk to him on the phone and we are good friends again. THIS GOES TO YOU DAKOTA
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