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 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 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.
This song is about a recluse locking himself away from the world. When he says, "I am a rock, I am an island," he means away from everything and everyone. In the vast majority of songs with the word "rock" in the lyrics, it is used to imply music or lifestyle, but for Simon, it was just a piece of stone. He did the same thing in 1973 for his song "Loves Me Like A Rock." (songfacts)
The Hollies
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