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, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, 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, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, 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