I Am a Rock Lyrics

A winter's day
In a deep and dark december;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a Rock,
I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress steep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship;
Friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a Rock,
I am an island.

Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the word before;
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings
That have died.
If I'd never loved I never would have cried.
I am a Rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armour,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a Rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.