For Good (Live from the Gershwin Theatre)

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, then 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

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 world

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

Because I knew you, because I knew you

I have been changed for good

The years go by so fast, the flames keep burning

But we know someday it could be gone

It's nice to know that, as the torch gets blast

You will keep it blazing brightly on

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

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)

Because I knew you (because I knew you)

Because I knew you, I have been changed

For good