I've heard it said
That people come into our lives
For a reason
Bringing something we can learn
And we are lent 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.
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 skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say
If I've been changed for the better
But because I knew you...
But because I knew you,
I have been changed
For good.
Like a comet pulled from orbit  Like a ship blown from its mooring
As it passes a sun    By a wind off the sea
Like a stream that meets a boulder Like a seed dropped by a skybird
Halfway through the wood  in a distant 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,
I have been changed
For good.