[ELPHABA:] I'm limited. Just look at me. I'm limited. And just look at you. You can do all I never could. 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 lead 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 maybe, 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'll have rewritten mine, By being my friend. Like a ship blown from it's mooring, By a wind off the sea. Like a sea 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 blamed 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 it's mooring,) As it passes a sun. (By a wind off the sea.) Like a stream that meets a boulder, (Like a sea dropped by 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.