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:

Remember those ideals, mom and dad?
We're them. remember carefree friendship
Oh, those great times, living like the stars, just playing with our hearts, how cute. Predestined, predestined, I'm predestined
Let's play scapegoat, let's play martyr
Pretty intention. let's be living dead
Okay, i'm going to fuck you over now
It's like i'm living someone else's life
Ok, I'm going to fuck you over now, but I know, I'm just not "them"
Flashy packaging leads me to believe in the novelty of my own being
Evolving into enemy, into trash, into self
Look at this hand, would I hurt someone?
But the tongue will brand, regardless
Looking in the mirror, I'd trust that face
Pray for reflection, you'd be a fool too