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 Well, I´ve heard the word before It´s sleeping in my memory And 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 can feel no pain And an island never cries