Dept. of False Hope

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Written by:	Brett Gurewitz
Released in:	2013
BPM:	175

Lyrics - Album version

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Welcome my son to where the work is never done
And the hungry are seldom ever fed
The department of false hope is a proving ground for dopes
And they'll grind your tiny bones to make their bread (Hosanna)

So hold your head up high forgotten man
Tomorrow won't be made for you
And everybody's gotta try to lend a helping hand
For god and man there's nothing more to do

It crackled on the radio through bright plumes of the sun
The announcer said the age of faith was dead
Though the adolescent nation was just looking for salvation
The beast of reason reared it's ugly head (Hosanna)

So hold your head up high forgotten man
Tomorrow's not for me and you
And everybody's gotta try to lend a helping hand
For god and man there's nothing more to do

From your cradle of destruction
With the poorest of instruction
And the merest sliver of a tune
You managed somehow to muddle through

So hold your head up high forgotten man
Tomorrow's not for me and you
And everybody's gotta try to lend a helping hand
For god and man there's nothing more to do
There is nothing more

Versions

Version	Length	Release	Catalog ID	Country	Format	Year
Album version
	2:40	True North		United States	12"	2022
	2:40	30 Years Live		Europe	12"	2016
	2:40	True North	EICP-1569	Japan	CD	2013
	2:40	True North		United States	12"	2013
	2:40	True North	7228-I	Europe	12"	2013
	2:40	True North		Europe	12"	2013
	2:40	True North		United States	12"	2013
	2:40	True North	87228-1	United States	12"	2013
	2:40	True North		Europe	12"	2013
	2:40	True North	EPIT 7228	United States	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	87228-2	United States	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	7228-2	Europe	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	87228-2P	United States	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	059	United States	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	87228-2	United States	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	7228-2	Europe	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	EDC1-80476	Japan	CD	2013
	2:40	True North	EPIT 7228-2A	Europe	CD	2012

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Song interpretations (6)

Priesterseminar Infected Location: None Selected Status: Offline Posts: 1254	Quote About grindig bones and making bread: "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread" Taken from Jack and the Beanstalk https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/grinding-human-bones-bread-0011199 [small]Edited by Priesterseminar[/small] 01/11/2021 at 14:43 About grindig bones and making bread: "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread" Taken from Jack and the Beanstalk https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/grinding-human-bones-bread-0011199 Edited by Priesterseminar
JMoffatt Incomplete Location: NC Status: Offline Posts: 1	Quote I think "forgotten man" is an allusion back to the campaign of FDR and his first New Deal. It would make alota sense for the rest of the song too. It could be talking about the Great Depression as well. The name would also make sense, since FDR's New Deal created many a new administrations and "departments". 03/03/2013 at 18:38 I think "forgotten man" is an allusion back to the campaign of FDR and his first New Deal. It would make alota sense for the rest of the song too. It could be talking about the Great Depression as well. The name would also make sense, since FDR's New Deal created many a new administrations and "departments".
haribo The Devil In Stitches Location: Croatia Status: Offline Posts: 444	Quote I think it's how reason outreasons faith/religion. Instead of relying and praying we need to help and be helped by our fellow man/family/friends 02/19/2013 at 19:09 I think it's how reason outreasons faith/religion. Instead of relying and praying we need to help and be helped by our fellow man/family/friends
che sus Infected Location: Göteborg Status: Offline Posts: 1519	Quote Well it could be about the government not dealing with the poverty (perhaps even critiquing Obama with false "Hope" and not doing much different than Bush) and how the mismanaged economy will affect the "forgotten" but not the "dopes" in charge (tomorrow's not for me or you). 01/10/2013 at 10:17 Well it could be about the government not dealing with the poverty (perhaps even critiquing Obama with false "Hope" and not doing much different than Bush) and how the mismanaged economy will affect the "forgotten" but not the "dopes" in charge (tomorrow's not for me or you).
Groomits Man With A Mission Location: Québec Status: Offline Posts: 754	Quote The lyrics mention an "Adolescent nation". I've often read that a lot of psychologists and psychiatrists portay the USA as being in the "teenage" part of their development. As in, they rebel, they try a lot of things, make a lot of new experiences and realize some of them are good and others just totally wrong. Today, they're certainly in a wrong one. So to me this song is about how USA (and about pretty much big industrialized countries) have taken a wrong turn and that we should not see any amelioration soon. But despite that, we can still "hold our head up high", show pride and confidence in ourselves in this time of despair... 01/08/2013 at 16:22 The lyrics mention an "Adolescent nation". I've often read that a lot of psychologists and psychiatrists portay the USA as being in the "teenage" part of their development. As in, they rebel, they try a lot of things, make a lot of new experiences and realize some of them are good and others just totally wrong. Today, they're certainly in a wrong one. So to me this song is about how USA (and about pretty much big industrialized countries) have taken a wrong turn and that we should not see any amelioration soon. But despite that, we can still "hold our head up high", show pride and confidence in ourselves in this time of despair...