I am a rock - Simon & Garfunkel 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, 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. 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.