The Hope I Hide Inside is the tenth installment in The Emo Diaries series of compilation albums, released April 27, 2004 by Deep Elm Records.

As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to submit material for the compilation; as a result, the music does not all fit within the emo style.

[3] After ten installments released over seven years, The Emo Diaries series was unofficially halted after The Hope I Hide Inside.

[4] According to the label: Deep Elm cited the bastardization of the term "emo" in today's pop culture, as well as mainstream's stranglehold and subsequent commercialization of the genre, which placed the focus squarely on the aesthetic...not the music, the energy or the passion.

Essentially, Deep Elm refused to play the game and closed the doors on the genre they helped to document, nurture and expose to the world.