Why are you sharing this song?
The themes of the songs nowadays mostly revolve
around the love between boys and girls, only few songs sings out other topics. And
this song is one of the special songs that sing about other topics of life,
which is friendship. The song is from my favorite musical “wicked”, and it’s a
farewell duet sung by the two main characters, Elphaba(the wicked witch of the
west) and Glinda. Every time I listen to it, I am always touched by the beautiful
melody and the meaningful lyrics. True friends are the ones who we once had
fights with, who makes us a better person, and who we are thankful to them for being our friends.
What is the meaning of the lyrics?
The song's lyrics concern how both Elphaba
and Glinda have been changed by their friendship with each other. Glinda starts
out by saying that, while she doesn't know if it is true that people come into
each other's lives for a reason, "I know I'm who I am today because I knew
you." Similarly, Elphaba tells Glinda that "whatever way our stories
end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend." Elphaba also asks
Glinda to forgive her for anything she might have done wrong, to which Glinda
replies that "there's blame to share", but both agree that "none
of it seems to matter anymore." In the lyrics, there are many brilliant
similes make the abstract concepts of friendship concretely and vividly, for
example” You'll be with me, like a handprint on my heart.” What to notice is
that both the title and lyrics rely on the play of words, "for good,"
which are used to signify alternatively "forever" and "as an
improvement."
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