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Intro

Verse

  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.

Chorus

I am a rock, I am an i___sland.

Verse

  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.

[Repeat Chorus]

Verse

 Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words 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.

[Repeat Chorus]

Verse

 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.

[Repeat Chorus]

Outro

 And a rock feels no pain;

 And an island never cries.