Beautiful Tragedy

If I painted over you
 Another shade of blue
 The color would still show through
 Still be easy to see
 Another page I've turned
 Another lesson learned
 Another healing hurt
 That I wear on my sleeve
 It's part of me like an old friend
 The good, the bad, the start and the end
 - Even roses have thorns
 And rainbows have rain
 And the bitters right next to the sweet
 So I take all the storms
 And I take all the pain
 Throw in the good times
 And weave 'em up magically
 Into my tapestry
 All my life's meant to be's
 In a beautiful tragedy
 Shakespeare couldn't write
 A sweeter sacrifice
 A tale of fire and ice
 Of oceans and stars
 The woman standing here
 Is the sum of all my tears
 And all that I hold dear
 Is the soul of this heart
 I know how to walk 'cause I've crawled
 I know how to fly 'cause I've learned how to fall