I know I'm who I am today because I knew you
I'm sitting here listening to the Wicked soundtrack, yet again. And this one song..the one who's lyrics are here >
(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 a 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 re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off 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
(Glinda) Because I knew you
(Both) I have been changed for good
(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing 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
(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
(Both) 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.
~"For Good" From the New Musical, Wicked~ just fits my mood/situation right now. Not really a situation, but something that's happening in the next couple of days that has me teary eyed pretty much whenever I think about it. Alex, one of my very best friends, will be moving out of state. Granted, it is only for two years and we haven't been able to see each other much lately. But that has never changed the fact that he has been so great to me. Whether we were laughing together or I was mad at him, he's always known exactly what I'm thinking and feeling. I think that's what has made me so mad at him every now and then...because he knew things about me that I didn't even know yet...because he could tell me the things I couldn't say and sometimes, the things I didn't want to hear. He'll still be able to do that thanks to cell phones and the internet. But that doesn't change the fact that it's going to be hard. He's coming out here to spend the day with a couple of us tomorrow...I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. I can see myself crying, hugging him 'bye (goodbye is not in my vocabulary), or just acting like nothing's up. Seeing as I might be taking him to the airport, we'll have to see. I don't know though. It's going to be hard, but some part of me knows that it's going to be alright. Some part of me keeps telling me to shut up because I know that this is just a change that has to happen right now, that will be fine in the end. But I will miss him. A whole lot.
~Amy
(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 a 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 re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off 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
(Glinda) Because I knew you
(Both) I have been changed for good
(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing 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
(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
(Both) 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.
~"For Good" From the New Musical, Wicked~ just fits my mood/situation right now. Not really a situation, but something that's happening in the next couple of days that has me teary eyed pretty much whenever I think about it. Alex, one of my very best friends, will be moving out of state. Granted, it is only for two years and we haven't been able to see each other much lately. But that has never changed the fact that he has been so great to me. Whether we were laughing together or I was mad at him, he's always known exactly what I'm thinking and feeling. I think that's what has made me so mad at him every now and then...because he knew things about me that I didn't even know yet...because he could tell me the things I couldn't say and sometimes, the things I didn't want to hear. He'll still be able to do that thanks to cell phones and the internet. But that doesn't change the fact that it's going to be hard. He's coming out here to spend the day with a couple of us tomorrow...I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. I can see myself crying, hugging him 'bye (goodbye is not in my vocabulary), or just acting like nothing's up. Seeing as I might be taking him to the airport, we'll have to see. I don't know though. It's going to be hard, but some part of me knows that it's going to be alright. Some part of me keeps telling me to shut up because I know that this is just a change that has to happen right now, that will be fine in the end. But I will miss him. A whole lot.
~Amy