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I Am a Rock
Walls keep pain out. They keep people out too 🪨
Who it's for
Paul Simon's song voices someone who declares they need no one, using isolation as armor after being hurt.
Walled-off, defended→Self-aware, softening
Feelings it meets
What it is
"I Am a Rock" was written by Paul Simon, who first recorded it solo in 1965, and Simon & Garfunkel re-recorded it as the closing track of Sounds of Silence (1966). The song deals with isolation and emotional detachment, voiced by someone who walls themselves off from others. The duo's single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3
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