50 Best Rock Songs About Fake Friends
Rock Songs That Describe Fake Friends
There’s a sting that comes with realizing the people you’ve been hanging with are more shadows than friends. It creeps in late at night or hits when you scroll back through old photos and notice how much effort you were carrying for everyone else. Rock songs have always lived in that messy space where trust gets cracked and loyalty feels one-sided. Some of these tracks weren’t written with fake friends in mind, but they slip into that frame perfectly once the lyrics sink in.
The sound of betrayal doesn’t land the same for everyone. Sometimes it’s blunt and loud, guitars shredding like an argument you can’t take back. Other times it’s slower, almost sweet, like the quiet realization that the person you leaned on wasn’t really there. The thing is, it doesn’t stay contained to one genre. That same energy shows up in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, which all carry their own edge when it comes to calling someone out or finally cutting them loose.
What makes these tracks stick is how they sit with the raw stuff instead of smoothing it over. They sound like the background noise to every awkward coffee meet-up that feels forced, or that late-night scroll where you finally hit unfollow. These songs lean into the off-kilter tension and crank it loud enough to make sense of it all. Here are the best rock songs on fake friends to add to your playlist.
Top 10 Fake Friends Rock Songs
1. 'Fake Friends' by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. 'True Friends' by Bring Me The Horizon
3. 'Fake' by Korn
4. 'Counterfeit' by Limp Bizkit
5. 'Fake Ass Friends' by Set It Off
6. 'The Enemy' by Godsmack
7. 'Liar' by Rollins Band
8. 'Denial' by Sevendust
9. 'Fair Weather Friends' by Queens of the Stone Age
10. 'Seventy Times Seven' by Brand New
Best Rock Songs About False Friendship #11 to 20
11. 'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' by Set It Off
12. 'Under My Umbrella' by Incubus
13. 'A Place for My Head' by Linkin Park
14. 'Betray' by Betrayal
15. 'The Bitter End' by Placebo
16. 'Snakes' by Papa Roach
17. 'You Fucked Up' by Ween
18. 'Suck' by Kittie
19. 'Bad Blood' by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
20. 'I Knew I Couldn't Trust You' by Silverstein
Classic Rock Songs About Deceitful People #21 to 30
21. 'Lies' by The Black Keys
22. 'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette
23. 'Not My Problem' by All My Friends Hate Me
24. 'Bitch' by Sevendust
25. 'Snap' by Slipknot
26. 'Hate?' by Band-Maid
27. 'You're a Lie' by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
28. 'In My Darkest Hour' by Megadeth
29. 'Sleep with One Eye Open' by Bring Me The Horizon
30. 'Points of Authority' by Linkin Park
Heavy Rock Songs on Friendship Betrayal #31 to 40
31. 'Walk' by Pantera
32. 'Terrible Lie' by Nine Inch Nails
33. 'Dyers Eve' by Metallica
34. 'The Emptiness Machine' by Linkin Park
35. 'The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle' by A Day to Remember
36. 'Lost' by Korn
37. 'Friend' by Coal Chamber
38. 'We Think Too Much' by Lil Peep
39. 'Blacklist' by Bring Me The Horizon
40. 'Fakers Plague' by While She Sleeps
Rock Music About Dishonest Friends #41 to 50
41. 'Not Afraid to Die' by Linkin Park
42. 'You Should've Killed Me When You Had The Chance' by A Day to Remember
43. 'Awkward Silence' by Twisted Method
44. 'Pieces' by Sevendust
45. 'The Friend Song' by The Union Underground
46. 'Face to Face' by Sevendust
47. 'Friend' by Attila
48. 'The Last Song' by Sevendust
49. 'My Friends All Lie' by Jerk
50. 'Fake Friends' by Citizen Soldier and New Medicine
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