[00:21.650]A winter's day
[00:25.850]In a deep and dark December;
[00:31.940]I am alone,
[00:39.430]Gazing from my window to the streets below
[00:45.190]On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
[00:48.730]I am a rock,
[00:52.600]I am an island.
[01:09.870]I've built walls,
[01:15.350]A fortress deep and mighty,
[01:22.230]That none may penetrate.
[01:29.850]I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
[01:32.570]It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
[01:39.260]I am a rock,
[01:42.770]I am an island.
[02:09.240]Don't talk of love,
[02:14.580]But I've heard the words before;
[02:23.610]It's sleeping in my memory.
[02:31.220]I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
[02:36.270]If I never loved I never would have cried.
[02:40.970]I am a rock,
[02:43.180]I am an island.
[03:10.150]I have my books
[03:15.200]And my poetry to protect me;
[03:23.250]I am shielded in my armor,
[03:31.450]Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
[03:36.180]I touch no one and no one touches me.
[03:40.860]I am a rock,
[03:42.910]I am an island.
[03:55.220]And a rock feels no pain;
[03:58.770]And an island never cries.