The Lyrics to For Good from the musical Wicked... I recently put up a cover of I'm Not That Girl on one of my other accounts. :) Check it out if you wish! • Video
they sang this song at my best friend's funeral. every word was perfect. he was literally the best kind of person. just brought light to everyone he came into contact with. and he definitely rewrote my story by being my friend. i miss him. he was like a brother to me.
Here I am, coming back to this song years later because I needed to hear it. I met the best friend I’ve ever had when I was 16. We were thick as thieves and called each other sister. When she transferred schools and I graduated hs, she was afraid we would lose touch. So I played this for her as a way to let her know that she can always call me if she needs to. Turns out that was fine and we went on to go through a lot together. I became the godmother to her children, and moved halfway across the country to help her out when she was struggling. Every time we had troubles or one of us moved, we would play this. Today we are approaching the two year anniversary of the day she died, and I just needed to hear it again, because whatever else happens, she will absolutely be there like a handprint branded on my heart. I know no one will probably see this, but I needed to tell someone how much this song means to me. It is healing in so many ways, and a beautiful expression of loss.
The choir sang this at my graduation earlier this year; at the time, my uncle (who was the closest person to a dad I ever had) was in hospice with brain cancer. My mom broke down crying when she heard this at the graduation. Two days later, as my uncle lay in a coma, I sang this to him because I knew it would be the last time I saw him (the nurse told me people still hear things until the moment they're gone). This song still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it.
I’m so sorry for your loss, but that is a wonderful message thank you. People come and go, just like the song says; “people come into our lives for a reason” I am 101% sure your uncle loved you very much. Moving on isnt easy, i understand. Thank you again.
oh christ i just realised "whatever way our stories end, i know you have rewritten mine by being my friend" is so devestating 'cause then glinda thinks elphaba's "death" is her fault
My old drama teacher left the quote “because I knew you, I have been changed for good” on the wall of our drama classroom where old students leave their name when they leave the middle school when she moved away from our town. Really made me tear up when I saw it.
I'm *extremely* impressed by their ability to sing different words and different melodies at the same time. Whenever I try to do that, I end up just singing the other person's part unless I plug my ears (which obviously wouldn't work on stage). xD
I agree but I know how to sing with diffrent notes as another person at the same time. I’m going to sing this song in a showcase glindas part. The trick is to tune them out. Don’t pay attention to their words and just sing yours. Also just letting you know I’m not trying to brag and please don’t get offended with me saying I can do it. All it takes is a little practice
It takes a LOT of practice. And some confidence that you are singing the right thing. It used to trip me up because I didn't think i was singing the right thing. But after I gained a little more confidence, mostly by practicing, I got over it
It really is difficult, but it can be learned. I had to learn how when I was on a worship team at my church, especially since as a female vocalist, part of my role was to sing harmony. Now I can kinda figure out how to sing harmony for certain songs because I got used to it through practice and “performing.”
i want to dedicate this song to my older sister Paris (21),who died last month.im never forgot what happened on those 2 days.the time when i found you lying there,and the moment you died for the last time in the hospital are always going to come and haunt me. nothing is going to be able to explain how much im going to miss you. And i want to say a huge thank'you to your best friend Richard who sang this at your partaay, on your funeral day. it sounds weird but, that was one fantastic day...xxxx
this is such a great song. It's not a traditional song format but it's beautifully sung and it means something to a lot of people. I love how so many people are touched by this song and recognize themselves and others in it.
Me and my classmates will be singing this for graduation on Monday, June 11th, 2012. We have gone through so much together, and it will be hard to let everyone go. Tonight at our last eighth grade dance, we all had a great time in the beginning, But as the time went by, everyone had broken into tears. It was then that we realized that we hadn't seen each other in the way we first thought. I wish my classmates good luck. This song will always be important to us in every way possible.
Having just relistened to the wicked soundtrack, I have to say the best thing the writers did was focus on Elphaba and Glinda's relationship. There are definitely aspects of the musical that I think pale in comparison to the novel but it absolutely makes up for it with their relationship to each other. It's really the core heart of this story and what I always remember the most of is their scenes. When I finished watching this musical for the first time, it just totally hit me how much the beginning number sucked for Glinda because she just lost her best friend and is surrounded by people who are actively celebrating her death. No one mourns the wicked, except for Glinda. And this song is just- easily the best song in the entire show, hands down. It's the culmination of both characters growth, a moment of full realization and the last time they ever see each other. "Who can say if I've been changed for the better/ I have been changed for good", I always come back to that line because defining what good actually means is the thesis of Wicked and the writers really captured the spirit of it in this moment. And I think this song hits especially hard for anyone who's ever had a friend they no longer talk to or are even able to see anymore. So many of us are shaped by the people we're with, and that stays with us long after the person is gone.
I'm a sophomore in high school and a huge drama geek. Every night before a performance, we sit in a circle and share our thoughts about the show and the people, and the work we've done on it, and then we listen to this song. It has the most memories of any song I've ever known. It makes me look back on a ll the people I've known in drama and all the good times we've all had, even though we've all gone different ways and I won't see some of them ever again.
This song almost brought me to tears! My brother loved Wicked. It brought memories to my heart that I love. My brother is no longer with me. I miss him everyday. R.I.P Travis. 1-1-1979 - 11-12-13
Just be glad that you knew him for the short amount of time you did. It may be unoriginal, but please remember to love the people you have in your lives, keep them close and be with them as if each day is there last. Gandhi once said "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.". Always remember that.
I remember crying to this song when the seniors in our school's chamber choir sang this song as their solo... Im barely a sophomore but this song really got to me and it still gets to me everytime I hear it! I love it!
My friends and I are gonna sing it this for our retiring Choir teacher. I wish the district didn't suck, cause then she wouldn't be so stressed and end up leaving :(
taken off the earth after 17 years was too soon. You were a soilder and inspire all of us to push through lifes challened " i know i am who i am today because i knew you" willpower is measured by challenges. your motto that we will all carry with us into the world that awaits after high school. I love you tommy! your beautiful smile will never be forgotten. rest in peace.
Last year, my choir class sang this. At the beginning of the year, none of us were in the same circle of friends. Now, we are all like sisters, and I have made friends that will last me a lifetime! This was our final song together, and some girls even cried. Including our teacher! So many memories :') Love the song
The end of 8th grade is tomorrow, and it was the best year of all our lives. I hear this song and it relates so much to the huge family we've all become. It brings tears to my eyes every time. I LOVE YOU GUYS!
I just graduated from high school last May, and I was in an elite choir my senior year. We had all grown so close, and this was one of the last songs we sang together. I remember our last time rehearsing before preforming, we all stood in a circle as we sung, and we were so united at that moment, that we ALL cried. Now I cry whenever I hear this. MEEEEH. :'')
I sang this song for my first year of Chorus, three years ago. The girls and boys that have been with me through these years have been amazing and I love them wholeheartedly. I thank my school chorus for bringing us together. And now, we're performing it again, for my last year in this chorus, as assistant director. I'm going to miss everyone so much :'(
We r singing this for our musical this year and ima try out for a solo part! Wish me luck! Edit:I got the part abd performed it! Im so late lol. I performed this so long ago
This song reminds me so much of the girl I've fallen in love with. I am now proud to say that I am a girl and am in love with a girl. She's made me laugh, cry from happiness, she accepts everything I tell her, she's beautiful, and she's amazing. "I know I'm who I am today because I knew you." "Because I knew you, I have been changed for good." I love you, girl. You've changed me so much in the last few months.
Tomorrow I'm saying goodbye to a good friend of mine, one last time, she was young and didn't deserve this.. my old high school choir is singing this one last time for her, and just singing this in my room makes my cry, but the words are so true..... it's the perfect song truly..
This exact video was used in my year 6 leavers. I didn't cry then, but I am now because I realize how much i miss having all the freedom and support I had in year 6. Don't waste your time.
this song always gives me chills and tears... i hope everyone has at least one person who they can say, "because i knew you, I have been changed for good". within their lifetime
I'd be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo depressed if that was me singing it and it was my last show, because it's possibly gonna be the last wicked song you ever SING!! DEPRESSING!!!!!
KRISTEN CHENOWITH actually did start crying when she sang it with Idina Menzel at the last broadway performance of wicked they did together...it was really touching! You can look it up on youtube..
This song reminds me of my father and my good friend. Dad died 5 yrs ago. My friend Jim died so unexpectedly shortly after. 2 yrs since. So I lost two good people in my life...but at times I still feel their presence. I was so changed for the better with both of them. They really left an imprint on my heart.❤
Saw this production last month, absolutely amazing. These songs are wonderful in remembering how brilliant it was to see this live! This song is for Dave.... Go and see it!
My friends just got done graduated today..and the choir sang this..and most of my friends are senior and i just started to cry...plus one of my friends in my grade might be moving away and he changed me so much. ♥
i work for a group home for adults with mental disabilities, and one of our most beloved members passed away friday morning. each and every one of us who got to know this man loved the hell out of him. and now he's just.... GONE. this song was the first i played when i heard the news and i've been crying nonstop. you've left your handprint on every heart you touched, LJ. you were family to me.
I delicate this song to someone who has changed my life forever and who will be remembered in my heart until I die, and that person is my Grandpa, who passed away about 8 years about... Rip Peter Bove... you will be missed and you were a great man and husband
This song reminds me of a dear friend that passed away last September of 2023. Now that she is gone, I realized she meant more to me than I realized. I definitely know that "I have been changed for good!"
My Son's Graduation was two days ago.. He was a part of the Chamber and Treble Chamber Choir-- They sang it so Beautifully!! ohh what beautiful voices but I didn't have a front view .. could only see through the screen and didn't record everything ---but being able to read the lyrics now ...Wow such a beautiful song!!
This was played at my husband's funeral on 27th May 2016. I love it, and so did he, and when I'm finding it difficult to make sense of his death I listen, and cry, and try to convince myself that things will get better. All manner of things shall be well.
I lost one of my closest friends this week suddenly, owing to a heart attack. He helped me become the man I am today and the lyrics to this song are everything I would want to say to him, word for word. I will do everything I can to uphold and continue his legacy as an advocate for men's mental health #andysmanclub love you Darren ❤👌
You'll never forget the song. Maybe the words, but not the great meaning in it. I did this with my select choir when I graduated, and still know all the words 4 years later and I'm about to graduate high school now. This song gets me every single fricken time T.T
This song was performed at the memorial for my favorite teacher after he died. He taught me so much, and every time I listen to it now, I can't help but think of him, and what a great man he was, and how much he help each and every one of his students.
i sung this with a huge choir at music fest (a charter school thing where choir and band kids learn a bunch of songs in two intense days) it was so fun and i learned a lot from the kids i met there. i remember looking at my friend as i sang the last line because she shaped me as a person
I heard this song once in my life and it was apon graduating business school. The last time I listened to it I was crying so hard I started laughing. That was July 8th, 2016. This is the first time I've listened to this song since then. I haven't cried since July 8th. But I'm feeling my eyes tearing up. Maybe today is the day.
I sang this song in 5th grade ♥ It brings back so much memories from elementary. On my 5th grade graduation, they played this song & it made me cried so much. It still makes me cry every time I hear this song :') ♥ Because I knew you, I have been changed...for good ♥
For fans of The West Wing-at a private memorial service for John Spencer, who passed away unexpectedly during the filming of the show’s final season, Kristin Chenoweth (who, for those who don’t know, played a character who shared many scenes with Spencer) sang this song in tribute to him.
One of my best friends since 1st grade passed away about a month ago. This song makes me break out in tears whenever I hear it now because I think of her.
This was my class' unofficial Grad Song. It was definitely coolest group of people the go to school with. There were about 200 of us and we're all huge dorks. Potter Fans, StarKids, Gleeks and Theatre nerds, the lot of them. Everyone knew and got along with everyone else. I'm gonna miss them. It was an honour to have known them. CARIHI 2011!!!
this describes me so well. Over the course of my life i have moved when i was 5 and met new friends. I am graduating in the spring. I know i have been changed for good by all the experiences i've had in my 18 years.
I'm a senior, and I was in the musical the Wizard of Oz this year as the Wicked Witch. I was the only senior who had been in all 4 years of the show and I student produced this year. On my final show night I gave out green lollipops saying "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." I think this song truly encompasses senior year and I will be singing it with my best friend at our closing concert. xxx
My best friend dedicated this song to me when he had terminal cancer. He died a couple of weeks ago. But he left with the knowledge that because we knew each other, we had both been changed for good
I was thinking about my grandpa and this song came up from my playlist. He passed away a few weeks ago.... I miss him sooo much! "Because I knew you, I have been changed, for good." I will never be the same because of him. "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!"
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 (spoken) For both of us (sung) 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: BOTHI 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 GLINDA ELPHABA Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown From orbit as it Off it's mooring Passes a sun, like By a wind off the A stream that meets Sea, like a seed A boulder, half-way Dropped by a Through the wood 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.
This song is special to me through a friend of my sister who became like a unofficial sister to me through our family. I am who I am because I know her. This song just makes her so special to me even if she lives miles away in New York
I'm going through a breakup with my girlfriend right now, and with the exception of the parts about not seeing each other again in the future (we're staying friends), this perfectly emphasizes how I feel. I was extremely cynical before I met her, and probably would be dead now if I never had, but she showed me that there was good in the world and restored my faith in God, humanity, myself, and, most of all, love. I was crying tears of pain before I listened to this, and I now feel a bit better.
You never say good-bye the last time... it's been 3 yrs since she died and over the weekend I exploded(and found this song)... It feels amazing to let go, so just let go! and remember God Loves you more than you can imagine! I am BALLING my eyes out....
all three of my best friends moved to america a year ago and this song makes me think of them. its so true your friends make you the person you are today and will always have a place in your heart.
