For Good

For Good from Wicked is featured in New York, the twenty-second and final episode of Season Two. It is sung by Kurt and Rachel.

After the song, Rachel says that she knows that she doesn't have to choose between love and Broadway, as theater will always be her great love.

It was originally performed in the musical Wicked on Broadway by the characters Elphaba and Glinda, portrayed by Idina and Kristin (who portray Shelby and April respectively). It is the second song from Wicked featured on Glee and both are sung by Kurt and Rachel. (the first being Defying Gravity in Wheels, the ninth episode of Season One).

The performance was filmed on the Wicked stage at the Gershwin Theatre in New York.

Lyrics

Rachel:
I'm limited,
Just look at me,
I'm 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...

Kurt:
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?
Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.

Rachel:
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 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...

Kurt:
Because I knew you

Kurt and Rachel:
I have been changed for good

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

Kurt:
But then, I guess we know there's blame to share

Kurt and Rachel:
And none of it seems to matter anymore

Kurt (Rachel):
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 bird)
Halfway through the wood (In the wood)

Kurt and Rachel:
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better.

Kurt:
And because I knew you..

Rachel:
Because I knew you..

Kurt and Rachel:
Because I knew you,
I have been changed for good

Trivia

Second duet from Wicked sung by Rachel and Kurt, the first being Defying Gravity in Wheels.
Rachel sings the parts of Elphaba and Kurt sings the parts of Glinda.
The two actresses that originated the roles of Elphaba and Glinda, both appeared as special guest stars on Glee. Idina Menzel (Shelby) originated the role of Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth (April) originated the role of Glinda on Broadway.