For Good

One of my favourite songs from possibly my all-time favourite musical, 'Wicked'. It's sung right before the end, before the two friends go their separate ways.

If I were to dedicate it to people, there'd be quite a few.
Friends from the past, friends now.
Nene.
Kamu.

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I've heard it's said
That people come into our lives
For a reason,
Bringing something we must learn.
And we are lent 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 thats true.
But i know im 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.

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've learnt from you.
You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart.

And now whatever way our stories end,
Know you have rewritten mine
By being my friend.

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind of the sea,
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood,
Who can say if i've been changed for the better?
But because i knew you
I have been changed for good.

And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness,
For the things ive done you blame me for,

But then i guess we know there's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore.

Who can say if i've been changed for the better?
I do believe i have been changed for the better.
And because i knew you,
Because i knew you,
I have been changed

... For Good.