All parts written, recorded, and produced by Identity: Unknown. Thanks Michael Hirsch for the chorus vocals!

Yeah I'm in my youth, I'm in my youth
Feeling this life is so obtuse
Like what the fuck am I doing
Am i the only one confused

And I'm working too many hours
And feeling more powerless
I may not be thriving
But at least I am alive

And I'll try to keep a positive eye and defy that voice
In the back of my mind telling me 
It's not worth the fight yeah
It's not worth the fight yeah
Trying to look on the bright side
Feeling a little uncertain but life is such a wild ride

Scraped knees climbing up the mountain
Hazy is my view
Dragging heavy feet behind me
Breathe deep and pull through

Yeah scraped knees, scraped knees
These imperfections are just reflections of prior tests and tribulations
They say that the best things in life are free 
And I'm starting to believe
Because the harder that I push
The more stressed I seem to be

So I'll take it one step at a time
Trying to keep my feet in line
Trying to stand up on my own
But i know that if I ever trip and fall
I've go the resolve to overcome it all
Yeah when I see God I'll be standing tall
Laughing at all the ways he tried to shake me
But could never break me

Scraped knees climbing up the mountain
Hazy is my view
Dragging heavy feet behind me
Breathe deep and pull through

Yeah I'm breathing, I'm breathing
I'm finally breaking free
Realizing more and more that 
I don't need to be ill at ease

And that I will be the best being that I can be
Believe me when I say that if you filet me open
And expose my broken seams you would still not relieve me
Of my ambitions, I'm making the decision to envision a brighter future

I got this boulder that I need to get off my back
Before it drags me down before it cracks me up
Don't say what's up to me
If you don't know me
It just dawned on me
That I don't want to be
Another pawn of these
Fucking companies
Can't you see that they
Are feeding us pennies

Wait

I forgot about trying to be content with what I got
Sorry my mind just inclines to define itself 
By these lines and lines of negative thoughts
So don't you look at me if you don't want to see
Another somebody unassuredly 
Smothered by his anxiety 
And fighting and trying to just 
Breathe

Scraped Knees

All parts written, performed, recorded, and produced by Cody Delaney. 

Lyrics:
It's just like you say
The tides too strong anyway
Let's keep the sand beneath our feet
And just listen to our hearts beat

And I'm diving headfirst
And I'm feeling so unsure
And the waves wash over me
And your love keeps me breathing

Yeah the ocean's vast
But I'm falling fast
Staying afloat 
Is hard

My arms are weak
And it's clear to see
That so is 
My heart

Try to swim in time
You're falling behind
You'll drift away to sea
If you don't keep your eyes on me

And I know what you're feeling inside
And I'm trying to clear my eyes
But the salt burns too much
And I'm feeling out of touch

You're drifting away
So what can I say
To make you stay
With me

You booked a trip
On another ship
While I am lost 
At sea

Ocean Swimming

Written, recorded, and produced by Cody Delaney with side guests Amyra on vocals and Truc on the sexy sax. 

Lyrics
Can i get a way down to the way down 
Catch me on the rip tide at the west side
Surfing California it's a fly life
But I gotta warn you, it's a wild ride  

Y ella dice que yo no se
Como salgo, de esta barra
Y me encantan las playas aqui
Pero los hombres les gustan mi cuerpo

Oh

Can i get a way down to the way down 
Catch me on the rip tide at the west side
Surfing California it's a fly life
But I gotta warn you, it's a wild ride  

Y yo creo que esta ciudad
me esta matando a mi
Soy esqueleto sin mi alma
Pero todavia tengo mi corazon

Oh

Yeah i met this chica en La Vida Loca
Ella es bonita and she does the cha cha
Yeah she does the cha cha pero sin ropa

I'd like to get to know ya and I don't need no danza privada
So baby let's habla hasta la manana, go to Tijuana, ya do you wanna?

And i don't mean to come on so strong
But baby I want you all night long

Quiero ser tu novio (novia)
So puedo ser tu solo chico (chica)

La Vida

All parts written, recorded, and produced by Cody Delaney. 

Lyrics:
Baby
¿Por que no me quieres?
No sé
Yo te vi en mis sueños 
Anoche

Escondo mis sentimientos adentro
Pero aparecen cuando yo tarareo

Ella no podría ser otra
Creo en nuestro amor

Seguiré esperando por ti
Mientras canto mi canción

Tararear

Written, recorded, and produced by Cody Delaney. Special thanks to Sara Sheahan for the voice! 

Every time
I look inside
I feel so tired
A clouded mire

Each step I take
My shadow looms 
Outpacing my
Fortitude

Crickets for the theater
Tickets getting cheaper
My life on the big screen
Is a blurred out static scene

Crickets for the theater
Tickets getting cheaper
My life is a movie

You always believed
Breathing under the sea
Life of the 40s 
You always believe

Every time  
2 and 2 make five
I just hide 
I just hide 

And I may be gone with the wind's song
But I'm trying to write my own
These chains have me fettered and I wanna be your Scarlett better     

Crickets for the choir
Hold your ears tighter 
Laugh as I choke on the notes

Crickets for the choir
I can tell they're getting tired
Can't you see that it's all a joke

You always believed
breathing under the sea
Life of the 40s
You always believe

The 40s

Written, produced, and recorded by Cody Delaney. I experimented with this song in that I forced myself to try to go with whatever came to mind first in both the lyrics and music.  A lot of this song is free-flow ideas.  Special thanks to Cameron for contributing the trombone skills. 

Saw you act a fool
And I wondered what you were eating
Heard you say something cool
And I wondered what you were breathing

Why are we going this way? (x3)

Why are we lovers, when we should be friends? 
Never want this to ever happen again
Get out of my face, get out of my face
Let me lick your face

You don't want anybody to tell you
You don't need anybody to tell you

And you wonder why things don't always turn out the way they should
Well I'm here to tell you baby that if you come with me, they could

And baby would you believe me if I said 
That I couldn't trust you even if you were dead
There's no way I'd share you with a friend of mine
If you won't even spare me half the time

You don't want anybody to tell you
You don't need anybody to tell you

Strange Thoughts

All parts written, recorded, and produced by Cody Delaney. 

[Verse]
You don't like what I have done to you
Every time you cry I want you to
Don't deny the feelings you have for me
I will never let you go free

[Chorus]
I don't like it when you leave
I think you should stay a while, a while

And when you try to walk away 
It only makes me want to smile, smile

[Verse]
You don't like what I have done to you
No reason to stay, I know a few 

Baby the blame doesn't all lie on me
we both know you can't love yourself without me

[Chorus]
I don't like it when you leave
I think you should stay a while, a while

And when you try to walk away 
It only makes me want to smile, smile

[Bridge]
i got the keys to your heart  
I know how to make it start and stop 
And every time I make you fall I know that you'll still call me 

Yeah you'll still call me, right, right? Yeah. 

And it makes me so uneasy to see you with such unease*
but it's such a breeze to lull myself back into your sheets 
and into your dreams and make it seem like I'm the only one for you 

[Chorus]
I don't like it when you leave
I think you should stay a while, a while

And when you try to walk away 
It only makes me want to smile, smile

Manipulate

Cover of Empire Ants by the Gorillaz. I do not own any rights to the original song. All parts written, recorded, and produced by myself. Thank you to Paula for your excellent voice on this track! Please share if you like it!

Empire Ants - Gorillaz Cover

Classically influenced. All parts written, recorded, and produced by Cody Delaney.

Mirror

All parts written, recorded, and produced by I:U with exception of violin, which was recorded by Stanley Nguyen. 

[Verse]
Oh Sarah
You know that I've been thinking of you
And all those things I want to do with you
And if you'd want me to 

Oh and Sarah
I hope that I didn't scare you
When I told you that I was in love
and you're what I'm dreaming of

[Chorus]
And I'm close enough that the breeze in your hair
Carries scents of the perfume that you wear
Give me time, and I know you'll see 
That "You and I" could be "We"  

[Verse]
And if had to
I would fight for you
I'd throw the first punch
And probably take a dozen more

So please just give me
A fighting chance and baby you'll see
My love would never admit defeat

[Chorus]
And when I first gazed into those eyes
Words just wouldn't come to my surprise
And as my lips struggled, against my mind
I felt yours press against mine

[Outro]
And baby, you've got me going crazy
And baby my minds a little bit hazy
Baby, won't you go with me just follow me now
Baby, can't you see

You're the one for me

Identity: Unknown

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