The Cost of Growing Up

Ain′t it interesting
How the smallest things stack up
Like the Northern Cascade mountains in the sky
And all that suffering
Residing in my mind, it almost killed me
The way it left me
Seven months a man I hated
Cheated on, broken, betrayed and
All those anxious nights spent wasted
Beating on the face I'm blaming
But I survived and now I look back at where I′ve been
And I know that
Ooh
I'm changing
I think I'll make it
Signs of life showing again
And I know
Ooh
I′ll keep changing
′Cause I've seen trees grow after fire
Crying rivers make a bluff
And you can′t love without the loss and that's the cost of growing up
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ain′t it interesting
That diamonds come from coal
And steel gets sharper the more time spent in the flame
And there's consistency
Between heartbreak and ashes
Scraped knees and taxes
One step back for every two you gain
And I know that
Ooh
I′m changing
I think I'll make it
Signs of life showing again
And I know
Ooh
I'll keep changing
′Cause I′ve seen trees grow after fire
Crying rivers make a bluff
And you can't love without the loss and that′s the cost of growing up
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Seven months a man I hated
Cheated on, broken, betrayed and
All those anxious nights spent wasted
Beating on the face I'm blaming
But I survived and now I see how far I′ve come and where I've been
And I know that
Ooh
I′m changing
I think I'll make it
Signs of life showing again
And I know
Ooh
I'll keep changing
′Cause I′ve seen trees grow after fire
Crying rivers make a bluff
And you can't love without the loss and that′s the cost of growing up
You can't love without the loss
Guess that′s the cost of growing up