You Fail Me is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Converge, released on September 20, 2004, through Epitaph Records. It is the band's first release on the label; previously they were signed to Equal Vision Records. It was also the band's first release to chart commercially, reaching number 171 on the Billboard 200. The album was produced by Alan Douches alongside guitarist Kurt Ballou and features artwork created by vocalist Jacob Bannon.

Converge began writing for You Fail Me after they recorded Jane Doe, they wrote on the road during sound checks of shows. Much of the material was worked out in a live setting for some time before the band entered the studio. Bannon stated "it definitely added a new level of refinement to the album material." Recording for the album was started in March 2004 mainly at GodCity Studio, however additional recording took place at The Magpie Cage and Witch Doctor Studio.

On September 21, 2004 Converge released their fifth studio album You Fail Me. Converge's first headlining tour in support of You Fail Me started in September 2004 with Cave In and Between the Buried and Me. On this tour Converge sold copies of Bannon's side-project's album, Supermachiner Rise of the Great Machine, the album was limited to 50 copies. On February 14, 2005 a music video was released for the track "Eagles Become Vultures" from the album You Fail Me, the music video was directed by Zach Merck.

When asked about the concept of the album, Bannon said:

"Lyrically/Thematically: After Jane Doe was recorded and released, I thought I was going to feel the emotional burden I was carrying lift from my shoulders. I had all the puzzle pieces there in front of me. Outlets bring closure, or at least that's what I thought. With that, I put myself out on the line looking for an emotional resolve with "Jane..." and it never came. When the album was released I didn't feel any better, nothing was changed. My depression kept collapsing on itself. At that point I stopped hoping and searching and I took a long hard look at my life and at my heart. I did a huge amount of soul searching and found so much failure within myself. That discovery was a massive realization. As I started to see clear again, I also saw the failure in friends and loved ones around me. How we fail each other, and how we fail ourselves. These are songs of failure. And ultimately, surviving self destruction and tragedy we all face in our lives. Musically our only goal was to write an album that moved us and challenged us. We feel we accomplished that."

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