MUSIC: "The Lining Is Silver" and "Up And Up [acoustic]" by Relient K

This week, I had visited the public library to check out some CDs to help me get through the hours at the office -- I use the music to drown out the distractions -- and I just happened to pick up The Bird And The Bee Sides by Relient K. I think I mistook it for some other album but it turned out to be a great find -- it reminds me of SR-71 except gentle of Ben Lee and with more creative range. But my first thought was how my little sister would like some of their music.

"The Lining Is Silver"
by Relient K
Lyrics:

I found my new black shoes
While cleaning out the bones left in my closet
They were there with the bad excuse
Bon Voyage

And I found a back up plan
I'm grateful that I didn't have to use it
But it's made of real good friends
Bon Voyage

Isn't it nice to know
That the lining is silver
Isn't it nice to know
That we're golden

Well I found a list of flaw
That I saw in myself and other people
And I threw it away because
Bon Voyage

Isn't it nice to know
That the lining is silver
Isn't it nice to know
That we're golden
Yeah we're golden
Oh

When it all falls apart and you can't see
The forest for the cemeteries
Isn't it nice to know
Isn't it nice to know

Isn't it nice to know
That the lining is silver
Isn't it nice to know
That we're golden
Oh

Isn't it nice to know
That the lining is silver
Isn't it nice to know
That we're golden
Yeah we're golden oh

I found a love in me
I always somehow knew that it existed
It just needed to be set free
Bon Voyage

Isn't it nice to know [3x]

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"Up And Up [acoustic]"
by Relient K
[note: sorry, really couldn't find a good source for the entire song]
Lyrics:

Yesterday is not quite what it could have been
As were most of all the days before.
But I swear today, with every breath I'm breathin' in
I'll be trying to make it so much more.

Cause it seems I get so hung up on
the history of what's gone wrong
That the hope of a new day is sometimes hard to see.
But I'm finally catching on to it.
Yeah, the past is just a conduit
and the life there at the end is where I'll be.

Chorus:
Cause I'm on the up and up.
I'm on the up and up.
I haven't given up,
given up on what
I know I'm capable of.
I'm on the up and up.
And now there's nothing left to prove.
Cause I'm just trying to be a better version of me for you
A better version of me for you.

Now I have all that I could ever need:
the confidence of knowing there's still time.
Time to make amends, and try to build a better me.
And to take the right steps as this road unwinds.

You see, I'm finally catching on to it.
The past is just a conduit
and the life there at the end is where I'll be.

Chorus

Never cease to supply me with what I need for a good life,
so when I'm down I'll hold my head up high
cause you're the reason why, you are...

I'm on the up and up.
I'm on the up and up.
And I haven't given up,
given up on what I know I'm capable of.
Yeah I'm on the up and up,
now there's nothing left to prove
Cause I'm just trying to be a better version of me for you
I'm just trying to be a better version of me for you.
I'm just trying to be a better version of me for you.