Hold me closer one more time,
Say that you love me in your last goodbye,
Please forgive me for my sins,
Yes, I swam dirty waters,
But you pushed me in,
I’ve seen your face under every sky,
Over every border and on every line,
You know my heart more than I do,
We were the greatest, me and you,

But we had time against us,
And miles between us,
The heavens cried,
I know I left you speechless,
But now the sky has cleared and it’s blue,
And I see my future in you,

I’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready to love me again,
I put my hands up,
I’ll do everything different,
I’ll be better to you,
I’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready to love me again,
I put my hands up,
I’ll be somebody different,
I’ll be better to you,

Let me stay here for just one more night,
Build your world around me,
And pull me to the light,
So I can tell you that I was wrong,
I was a child then, but now I’m willing to learn,

But we had time against us,
And miles between us,
The heavens cried, I know I left you speechless,
But now the sky has cleared and it’s blue,
And I see my future in you,

I’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready to love me again,
I put my hands up,
I’ll do everything different,
I’ll be better to you,
I’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready to love me again,
I put my hands up,
I’ll be somebody different,
I’ll be better to you,

Time against us,
Miles between us,
Heavens cried,
I know I left you speechless,
Time against us,
Miles between us,
Heavens cried,
I know I left you speechless,
I know I left you speechless,
I’ll be waiting,

I’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready to love me again,
I put my hands up,
I’ll do everything different,
I’ll be better to you,
I’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready to love me again,
I put my hands up,
I’ll be somebody different,
I’ll be better to you.

(Elphaba):
Im limited
Just look at me – Im 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 from what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a hand print 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 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):
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 believe I have been changed for good…
i have been changed, for good

*****

I know I’ve been changed for good…
Because of lovers I’ve loved and held dearly, friends around me.

Thanks guys

You called me from the room in your hotel
All full of romance
For someone that you’d met
Telling me how sorry you were

Leaving so soon
And that you miss me sometimes
When you’re alone in your room
Do I feel lonely too?

You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
I can’t go on holding onto ties
Now that we’re living separate lives

I held on to let you go
And if you lost your love for me
You never let it show
There was no way to compromise
So now we’re living separate lives

Oh, it’s so typical
Love leads to isolation
So you build that wall
So you build that wall
And you make it stronger

You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
Someday I might find myself looking in your eyes
But for now we’ll go on living separate lives
Yes, for now we’ll go on living separate lives

Separate lives

*****

The choice you made, thinking it’s the best.
Was it really, making yet another person miserable.

The wall that was built, i don’t have the strength to try anymore.
And though i miss you, leading separate lives, is all we can do.

I’m so glad you made time to see me.
How’s life? Tell me how’s your family
I haven’t seen them in a while.
You’ve been good, busier than ever,
We small talk, work and the weather,
Your guard is up and I know why.

’cause the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, “I’m sorry for that night”,
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you.
Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.
I’d go back to December, turn around and make it all right
I go back to December all the time.

These days I haven’t been sleeping
Staying up playing back myself leavin’
When your birthday passed and I didn’t call.
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times,
I watched you laughing from the passenger side.
Realized that I loved you in the fall

Then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was “Goodbye”

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, “I’m sorry for that night”.
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you,
Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.
I’d go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time.

I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile, so good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night
The first time you ever saw me cry

Maybe this is wishful thinking,
Probably mindless dreaming,
If we loved again I swear I’d love you right…

I’d go back in time and change it but I can’t.
So if the chain is on your door I understand.

But this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, “I’m sorry for that night”
And I go back to December…
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you,
Wishing that I’d realize what I had when you were mine.
I’d go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I’d go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I’d go back to December all the time.
All the time

*****

This given freedom means nothing. Almost a year ago, i shared this song. Its significance is different this time.

I don’t want to be the one to say goodbye
But I will, I will, I will
I don’t want to sit on the pavement while you fly
But I will, I will, oh yes I will

Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back around
Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back
The only way to really know is to really let it go
Maybe you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back to me

I don’t want to be the first to let it go
But I know, I know, I know
If you have the last hands that I want to hold
Then I know I’ve got to let them go

Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back around
Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back
The only way to really know is to really let it go
Maybe you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back

I still feel you on the right side of the bed
And I still feel you in the blankets pulled over my head
But I’m gonna wash away, oh I’m gonna wash away everything til you come home to me

Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back
In the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back

Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back around
Maybe in the future, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back
The only way to really know is to really let it go

Maybe you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back, you’re gonna come back to me
You’re gonna come back to me
You’re gonna come back to me

*****

Maybe, someday.