only lyrics: a post for a day where we remember our Cloud of Witnesses

[kateri_thinks]

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.

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
I have been changed for good.

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for.

But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore.

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
I have been changed for good.