Intro: C
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A winter's day in a deep and dark December
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  I  am alone
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Gazing from my window to the streets below
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On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

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I am a rock, I am an is-land

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I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty
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That none may penetrate
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I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain
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It's laughter and it's loving I disdain

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I am a rock, I am an is-land

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Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before
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It's sleeping in my memory
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I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
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If I never loved I never would have cried

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I am a rock, I am an is-land

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I have my books and my poetry to protect me
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I am shielded in my armor
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Hiding in my room, safe within my womb
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I touch no one and no one touches me

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I am a rock, I am an is-land

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And a rock  feels no pain
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and an island never cries