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Autonomy

by PORTRAITS

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1.
Catharsis 02:32
So take the pity from my bones, And the diamonds from my eyes, From my fucking eyes, Tie this noose around my fucking throat
2.
I’m alive, Born into this decaying dream Of an unbroken family, My mind was once filled with uncertainty, And is now rotting and festered with insanity If all i see is but a dream within a dream, How can i trust these eyes, The black and white scenes they see, It’s all but a fallacy, i plead, Let me dream So come on then Try and bury me In a grave Six feet deep I’ll mark these words into my memories, I’m no longer the man who has lost everything These scars are faded, and my hatreds Subsided at last My feet are planted firmly right on the floor, I am guided now forevermore Get up get up No longer jaded Wake up Wake up Don’t lose yourself again I know I know It’s hard to hear above the sounds of the whole world crashing down Down into the depths of human suffering Falling into the mesh of mortal misery The intricacies of my own fragmented mentality, Are the demons that for me, truly live and breathe (They truly live and breathe) Let me proclaim This is the moment that i declare (i declare), My bravery once more into the open air (open air), This is my eulogy, I’ll say goodbye to sorrow, I will fight another day, i will see tomorrow I will fight to survive ,and live to see the day, When my bleak horizon at last, finally, melts away
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Malevolence 05:03
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My God, What have i become? A perfect mockery of the stories that you spun, Piecing together these childhood memories, I see now we were just playing make-believe, Everything you ever wanted me to be, I’’m burdened by the path you forced me to lead, All i ever wanted was to just be me This fairytale life just is not for me Torn in two I’ve misconstrued, The meaning of what it means To “just be you” I’ve become filled with disillusionment It weighs me down, like some kind of cement These cryptic words will be my last lament I love you, but you never understood what i meant It was in me, that you placed your dreams, Of fixing your own shattered self esteem, I won’t believe, this is the reality of the fairytale portrait that you painted me This is a parable, and i am the prince, I’ve been running from my knights and living on my sins, All i ever wanted was a life away from life, I just need a purpose towards which i could strive Can i ever dissever some god damn solace from this cold, cruel world that has left me hopeless, When we’re born, we’re all told we’re so god damn special, Now i know we all suffer, Same hell, different levels, I chose to stray
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FFrom the second we are born, We claw our way up from the dirt, No sense to tell a soul, How much IT FUCKING HURTS I’m falling apart, at the seams of my dreams Due to my unstable genes This is the end to all i am I'll throw away my filthy name And slowly begin to pave the way to my loney grave I’m locked inside myself and i’ve thrown away the key I’ve been begging on my knees Of course, You all abandoned me These threatening thoughts, They slowly cloud my mind, Why can’t you see your just like me, catastrophe, She plays a mournful melody to contrast death’s rhapsody I am disenthralled and i am decaying From this unstable state of being, that i’ve been in For so long, i’ve been fleeing, running from myself Seeking some kind of answer, Walking through this nightmare within a dream, I’ve lost all hope it seems, Searching for hope, in the depths of gods mouth He begins to inhale, and i feel my soul, Ripped from my chest, I resisted my best, There’s just nothing left to say Falling deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole Wondering how far it can fucking go I’m looking for the light at the end of the tunnel Dear god, I need an end to my internal struggle Insects crawl under my skin I’ve lost myself again I feel the virus inside my cells awake And my skin begins to melt away Now i say farewell to my own humanity Run from me, I said, Run from me, I-just run From me I please Run from me I just Run from me, I just run from me I please, Run from me, I just run, From me Run from me, I-just run from me I'm fading, Just run, I-just run, From me I-just run, From me, Please just run, from me Please just run, From me I just run, From me I just run This is the end of me, I've become everything i never wanted to be This is eternity I cover my eyes as i fall to me knees THIS, IS, MY, POSSESSION

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'Autonomy' is the debut EP by Sydney/Wollongong Based band PORTRAITS. Coming off the release of their first single 'Fury', the boys have stepped it up for this release with more variety, experimentation, samples, grooves and an over all heavier sound.

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released November 25, 2016

RECORDING:
- Adam Richard Jordan @ Main Street Studios for recording, mixing and mastering

SAMPLES/BACKINGTRACKS:
- Music in CreativeCommons 3.0 by Incompetech.com
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400043
- Mike Koenig Sounds
soundbible.com
- Headphaze
www.freesound.org/people/Headphaze/packs/10640/

NOTE: The backing tracks and horror samples have been edited and added to with other samples and will not sound exactly like the ones included in the above links!

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PORTRAITS Sydney, Australia

PORTRAITS are a heavy, 5 piece band from Sydney Australia. Debut EP 'Autonomy' out now via Bandcamp/iTunes/ Spotify/Youtube

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/portraits.au/
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/channel/UCf3P7slZ48JYRcSoA4P0k0A
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