[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

[Chorus]
I am a rock
I am an island

[Verse 2]
I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need for friendship, friendship causes pain
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain

[Chorus]
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
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
If I'd never loved, I never would have cried
[Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
I am a rock
I am an island

[Outro]
And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries