Hopeless

"Hopeless"
General information
Main Artist	Halsey
Featured Artist	Cashmere Cat
Release Date	June 2, 2017
Genre	Electropop
Length	4:09
Labels
Composer(s)	Ashley Frangipane, Joshua Coleman, Magnus Høiberg, Benjamin Levin
Producer(s)	Cashmere Cat, Benny Blanco
Album	Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Chronology
"Strangers"
"Hopeless"

"Hopeless" is a song performed by Halsey featuring Cashmere Cat. It is featured as the thirteenth track on the standard and as the sixteenth on the deluxe edition of Halsey's sophomore studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. It serves as the closing track of both versions. It was released on June 2, 2017 through Astralwerks Records.

Cross-references

• The song references the album's title, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom and the place the album is set in.
• The song is referenced multiple times in "Good Mourning": "A hopeless place [...]", "Perhaps hopeless isn't a place".
• The lyric "The truth hurts but secrets kill" is a reference and juxtaposition to the lyric "That's the beauty of a secret, you know you're supposed to keep it" from "Strange Love".
• The lyric "'Cause you know the good die young" is a reference to the song "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel.
• The lyric "I hope hopeless changes over time" is referenced on a vinyl version of the album which has an etching on the inner ring that states: "I hope hopeless is just a state of mind".
• The lyric "You and all your friends all hate me, oh" is similar to "So I told him that I never really liked his friends" off of "Bad At Love".
• The lyric "Gimme those eyes, it's easy to forgive" references a common theme of Halsey's appreciation for eyes throughout her songs, most notably in "Ghost": "I like the sad eyes, bad guys", "Garden": "And I think your tired eyes are kind of nice" and also again in "Forever...(Is a Long Time)": "So I could look inside his eyes".
• The song samples "Tokyo Narita (Freestyle)".

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Halsey]
Boy, you make it look so easy
Promise that I'm gonna call you back in five
Sorry baby girl, but I can't tonight, oh
Boy, you make it look so simple, mm
Yeah, I've known that girl for like my whole life
Back in my hotel and I'm alone inside, oh

[Pre-Chorus: Halsey]
'Cause you know the truth hurts
But secrets kill
Can't help thinkin' that I love it still
Still here, there must be something real
'Cause you know the good die young
But so did this
And so it must be better than I think it is
Gimme those eyes, it's easy to forgive

[Chorus: Halsey & Cashmere Cat]
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-ooh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-ooh
Oh-ooh
Oh-ooh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-ooh

[Verse 2: Halsey]
You and all your friends all hate me, oh
Thinkin' that you're better when I'm not around
Hear me on the radio and turn it down, oh
I can't help the way you made me
Hope that she believin' in the truth you found
Thinkin' that you want us 'cause I can't find out, oh

[Pre-Chorus: Halsey]
'Cause you know the truth hurts
But secrets kill
Can't help thinkin' that I love it still
Still here, there must be something real
'Cause you know the good die young
But so did this
And so it must be better than I think it is
Gimme those eyes, it's easy to forgive

[Chorus: Halsey]
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-ooh)
(Oh-oh-oh)
I hope hopeless
(Oh-ooh)
Changes over time
(Oh-ooh)
I hope hopeless
(Oh-ooh)
Changes over time
(Oh-ooh)
I hope hopeless
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Changes over time
(Oh-ooh)

Trivia

• This is the only song by Halsey to feature part of an album title within its own title.
• This song marks the first and so far only credited featured guest appearance of Norwegian producer Cashmere Cat who has helped with the production and writing of a lot of Halsey's songs.