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 deep 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, Well, 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 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 armor, 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.