DESCRIPTION:
Portraits Of Past was a band from Half Moon Bay, California that made an impact on California's hardcore scene of the time, with a melodic, yet aggressive offshoot, playing a genre we could now call screamo. There was and there is nothing that can be comparable to them, musically speaking and it's the most meaningful band to me, enjoy!

Lyrics:

This is where it all began
Through myself is how I built my own
Right here is where I became alive
Why didn't you do the same?
Go ahead and tell me that "we are so different from each other."
Come on, tell me how you'll never understand
Keep showing me just how little you believe, but don't count on me to give a damn
Your potential outweighs your will, but you can't be blamed
Convention is responsible for that
Still, I wish I could do something
This is what I did for myself
Please don't say that you couldn't do the same.
Think how much you could have achieved
If only you had tried
It's time that you made the change that we all must
Because you know right where you're heading
And now is your chance to make sense of everything
Why don't you make that break?
I know you don't want to play the sentimental fool
And you can hide the truth from yourself
But no matter what you say, I'll be right here