For Good – Idina Menzel (feat. Kristin Chenoweth) (from “Wicked” soundtrack)
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[Elphaba:] I’m limited. Just look at me. I’m limited. And just look at you. You can do all I couldn’t do. Glinda… So now it’s up to you, For both of us. Now it’s up to you.
[Glinda:] I’ve heard it said, That people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn.
And we are led to those Who help us most to grow if we let them. And we help them in return.
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true But I know I’m who I am today Because I knew you.
Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun, Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood.
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better But because I knew you I have been changed for good.
[Elphaba:] It well may be That we will never meet again in this lifetime. So, let me say before we part:
So much of me Is made of what I learned from you. You’ll be with me like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend.
Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea. Like a seed dropped by a sky bird in a distant wood.
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better But because I knew you…
[Glinda:] Because I knew you…
[Both:] I have been changed for good.
[Elphaba:] And just to clear the air I ask forgiveness For the things I’ve done, You blame me for.
[Glinda:] But then I guess, We know there’s blame to share.
[Both:] And none of it seems to matter anymore.
Like a comet pulled from orbit (Like a ship blown from its mooring) As it passes the sun. (By a wind off the sea) Like a stream that meets a boulder (Like a seed dropped by a bird) Halfway through the wood. (In the wood)
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better. I do believe I have been changed for the better.
[Glinda:] And because I knew you…
[Elphaba:] Because I knew you…
[Both:] Because I knew you I have been changed… For good.