I Am a Rock (Alternate Version)

[Verse 1]

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

[Refrain]

I am a rock

I am an island

[Verse 2]

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

[Refrain]

I am a rock

I am an island

[Verse 3]

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

[Refrain]

I am a rock

I am an island

[Verse 4]

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

[Refrain]

I am a rock

I am an island

[Outro]

And a rock can feel no pain

And an island never cries