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