Honest Goodbye is a song by Bad Religion. It is the first official single from their fourteenth studio album New Maps of Hell. The song was thought to be released as a digital single on May 22nd, 2007 but the date had been pushed back to June 12th. The song was inspired by Perry Smith, the murderer profiled in Truman Capote's 1966 novel "In Cold Blood". Brett Gurewitz says the song talks about how someone so gentle seeming can commit a brutal, murderous act.

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Greg Graffin • Brett Gurewitz • Greg Hetson • Brian Baker • Jay Bentley • Brooks Wackerman Paul Dedona • Tim Gallegos • Jay Ziskrout • Davy Goldman • John Albert • Lucky Lehrer • Pete Finestone • Bobby Schayer

Studio albums	How Could Hell Be Any Worse? • Into the Unknown • Suffer • No Control • Against the Grain • Generator • Recipe for Hate • Stranger Than Fiction • The Gray Race • No Substance • The New America • The Process of Belief • The Empire Strikes First • New Maps of Hell

EPs	Bad Religion • Back to the Known

Other releases	80-85 • All Ages • Tested • Punk Rock Songs

Videos and DVDs	Along the Way • Live at the Palladium

Singles	"Atomic Garden" • "American Jesus" • "Struck a Nerve" • "21st Century (Digital Boy)" • "Infected" • "Stranger Than Fiction" • "Incomplete" • "A Walk" • "Punk Rock Song" • "Dream of Unity" • "Raise Your Voice" • "Shades of Truth" • "The New America" • "Broken" • "Sorrow" • "The Defense" • "Los Angeles Is Burning" • "The Empire Strikes First" • "Honest Goodbye" • "New Dark Ages"

Related articles	Discography • List of Bad Religion band members • List of Bad Religion concert tours • Epitaph Records • California punk scene • Hardcore punk • Warped Tour

Side projects	American Lesion • Black President • Circle Jerks • Daredevils • Dag Nasty • Government Issue • Minor Threat • Wasted Youth