Red House Painters - I Am A Rock Lyrics
A winter's dayin a deep and dark DecemberI am aloneGazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.I am a rock, I am an island.I've built walls,A fortress deep and mityThat none may penetrateI have no need of friendshipfriendship causes painIt's laughter and loving I disdainI am a rock, I am an islandDon't talk of lovebut I've heard the word beforeIt's sleeping in my memoryI won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have diedIf I never loved I never would have criedI am a rock, I am an islandI have my booksand my poetry to protect meI am shielded in my armourHiding in my room, safe within my womb,I touch no one and no one touches me.I am a rock, I am an islandAnd a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.