"'Cause I'm on the up and up"

2011 is drawing to a close and 2012 is coming soon.  One of the songs that got me through 2011 was "Up and Up" by Relient K.  It was this song that got me through my valleys and my times of doubt.  Please read the lyrics below and let them bring you cheer, as we bring in 2012.

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

'Cause it seems I get so hung upon the history of what's gone wrong
That the hope of a new day is sometimes hard to see

But I'm finally catching onto it
Yeah, the past is just a conduit
And the light there at the end is where I'll be

'Cause 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
I'm on the up and up
Yeah, 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

To the prosperous
Would not require much of me
You see, contentment is the all that it entails
To be content with where I am and getting where I need to be
I'm moving past the past where I have failed

But I'm finally catching onto it
Yeah, the past is just a conduit
And the light there at the end is where I'll be

'Cause 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
I'm on the up and up
Yeah, 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

Never cease to supply
Me with what I need to be
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
Yeah, 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."