is derived from a post on a forum that was an announcement for Hawthorne Heights' release on the popular music news website, AbsolutePunk.

[8] If Only You Were Lonely was recorded in September and October 2005 at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey, with producer David Bendeth.

Dan Korneff and John Bender served as engineers, and both did digital editing, alongside Kato Khandwala.

[10][11] On November 23, 2005, If Only You Were Lonely was announced for release in three months' time; the album's track listing was posted online ten days later.

[14][15] This Is Who We Are, the band's first video album, was released on January 10, 2006; it included footage from the Never Sleep Again Tour, which saw the debut of three new songs, namely "Light Sleeper", "Where Can I Stab Myself in the Ears", and "This Is Who We Are".

[22] Throughout July and August 2006, the band performed a number of free intimate shows; fans could gain entry by signing up with Rockcorps.

[23] On August 7, it was announced that the band had left Victory Records, citing a lack of royalty payment.

If Only You Were Lonely debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Independent Albums chart, spending a total of 17 weeks on the former.