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Simmon And Garfunkel Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Simmon And Garfunkel:

Homeward Bound I'm sittin' in the railway station Got a ticket to my…
Mrs. Robinson And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than…
Sound of Silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you…
Sounds Of Silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you…

The Only Living Boy In New York Tom, get your plane right on time I know your part'll…

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@user-ip9yu7lp1q

5y↑1.1K

I Am a Rock
By Simon & Garfunkel
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 steep 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,
But I've heard the words 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.

All comments from YouTube:

@Kennedy640

3y↑505

Sounds of Silence: Depression
I am a Rock: The Cooler Depression

@sav3849

3y↑2

thanks buu

@panteroso

3y↑6

This comment deserves more likes

@AnnaLVajda

3y↑18

Yeah it's evolved to aloof loner status.

@Klomkia47218

3y↑1

happy depres

@TransRoofKorean

where does Portishead fit into this?

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@definitelynottoiletpaperman

2y↑1.1K

Rock human references aside, this song hits too close to home and I love it

@skyejacques

2y↑20

Psylicibin can change everything xx trust me, so much trauma has gotten healed alongside hypnotherapy

@fanimations4431

2y↑17

Ha, close to home

@heisenberg8688

2y↑9

Doesn’t see any rock human references

@awesomehazimex7410

2y↑51

@@heisenberg8688 "Waltuh, put away the rokaka fruit waltuh. I don't want to perform equivalent exchange waltuh.:

"I am the one that never loses"

@2468pebble

1y↑6

Same here, also the Statler Brothers 'Flowers on the wall'. I both love and hate isolation.

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@JoelGarcia-lu3tw

1y↑430

I never realized how perfectly this fits ALL OF THE ROCK HUMANS.

@nonameyet5539

1y↑16

Is that s jojo references e

@blobox8

1y↑14

or discord mods

@Eclipse52776

1y↑1

Lol

@twinsoultarot473

43w

Which is all of us.

@StillBill124

4y↑400

“If I never loved I never would have cried”...one of the greatest lines ever written for music ❣️

@CrowAndRedString

2y↑5

drunk and really feeling it,

@barneyronnie

2y↑9

@@CrowAndRedString I feel you; I've been an alcoholic and heroin addict for over 40 years. Now, I have terminal liver failure and will die unless I get a transplant. Good luck; it's tough being an alcoholic.... Reb

@dominiqueechevarria6458

2y↑5

@@barneyronnie I hope you will find the help you need

@onibru

And what it is worth the most? Never love or never cry? I don't have the answer. ..but listen to that, the real thing is to regret nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoYHWgj1Gcs

@conniebauer4128

2y↑4

The whole damn thing is a lyrical masterpiece.

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@nicolettepalazzo7143

5y↑366

"And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries."

@jayakrishnan26

3y↑5

Strong hearted and distant..just like me

@mric64

2y↑31

i am a rock, i am an island

josuke: ?

@norbertsiewert3917

2y↑8

Unfortunately, none of us are a rock or an island. Psychogical trauma can be devastating; it can destroy us!

@vudusid8717

1y↑8

No man is an island.

@jeanettesmith765

1y↑2

@@vudusid8717 John Donne

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@ninjaeagleDTD

1y↑83

Man, this really does fit the Rock Humans perfectly.

@davidevans3227

48w↑2

what is rock humans ?

@ninjaeagleDTD

48w↑8

@@davidevans3227 Google JoJoLion

@WarfareRidge

3y↑72

"I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain..."
Realistic.

@jayr526

13w↑1

It is true that friendship can cause pain. Friendship is the source of some of our greatest joys and greatest pains. Although pain can be a result of friendship, friendship can be away through the pain into a better life.

@randyuchiha1341

12w

It's Jojo reference

@fluffyclouden

5y↑588

“if i never loved i never would have cried”

i felt that shit

@munimathbypeterfelton6251

4y↑25

"You can't be wise and be in love at the same time." --Bob Dylan, 2005

@claytonswanson8667

4y↑6

Yup, Me,too, and always will. Even an old timer, like me, I grew up with ALL these timeless classics.

@scottwilson1251

4y↑3

@John Deegan First I've ever heard that, where did you hear this and where's the proof?

@scottwilson1251

4y↑1

@John Deegan That story is from The Onion, do you know what the Onion is? At the end of the story he says his new music isn't stolen because nobody is making good new music anymore. He's like well I wrote 8 out of 10 songs. Sounds to me like he's being sarcastic about the whole thing.

@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv

4y↑1

John Deegan LOL. Do you know what The Onion website is about? Don’t go on saying this without knowing everything about the source

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@Eclossa

1y↑589

Feel like I want to become an architect after hearing this piece of art

@decaymember6864

Lemmie guess, you become partners with a guy that says no to breathing?

@moose4238

1y↑22

Is this a JoJo reference

@rweb2500

1y↑19

My father was an architect and a raging alcoholic, I don’t recommend either

@mirammckay4827

1y↑9

Go for it!😊

@Lord_Hurricane

1y↑3

Jojo Reference

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@user-Guardian1

3y↑459

Stand Name: I Am A Rock
Crunchyroll: I Am Iraq

@makoako9728

3y↑6

lel

@CrimsonBananaMan

3y↑64

I am Iraq - Sadam and Garfunkel

@user-Guardian1

3y↑5

@@CrimsonBananaMan Nice

@hdipan7731

3y↑5

I am B O U L D E R

@hubb8049

3y↑10

Unfortunately it's "I, Rock", at least they could do something like "I am a stone"

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@robertwhitt972

3y↑362

To me these are some of the most powerful lyrics ever written. After all these years it still moves me

@juls182

2y↑19

i completely agree, especially, "Don't talk of love, well I've heard the word before, it's sleeping in my memory."

@cccbbbccc5910

2y↑15

"I've built walls"

Damn, as a mason, this hits deep as hell.

@ChoppingtonOtter

1y↑14

"If I never loved I never would have cried. "

@jeanmichellelaurent

44w↑6

I relate to this entire fucking song, I push people away because I don't want to get hurt. The last lines "a rock feels no pain and an island never cries" just relate to my entire life

@lindamia6773

34w↑1

There's the lyrics...then there's the music. Put together...sublime ❤

@dirtdisrespector7077

4y↑1.9K

The beginning of the "I am a Rock" arc starts with a flashback to a winter's day, in a deep and dark December

@profile2047

4y↑85

YouTube comments are so weird

@hewhojoe6417

4y↑132

M you just don’t understand fam

@Samstar369

4y↑185

M Sarte
It would be better for you go call it “bizarre”. Don’t worry about it though

@jonaswomack4493

4y↑52

is this a jojo reference

@tingtimson1281

4y↑24

@@jonaswomack4493 yes

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@brigitteyarbrough328

5y↑1.3K

I loved Simon and Garfunkel when I was in my teens. I'm 68 now, and I still love their music.

@kimberlypatton9634

4y↑31

What memories a song can serve to instantly take you back in time to a specific vibe and ers..this is one for me.Growong up on the island of Crete in the 60's....those hippie days and being a kid camping out on the beaches of my own private paradise...What this songvalways added was the touch of the flavor of those days and even feels like they were there and added that to this song..Eric Claptons "Layla" and Rod Stuart's music then give me the same fond reveries...

@brianaugustine9121

4y↑59

Brigitte Yarbrough reminds me when i was 19 and my girlfriend was almost kidnapped by an illegal fruit smuggler but he got thrown of a cliff in the chaos and drowned, luckily my girlfriend made it out safely

@leticiaschmidt4611

4y↑20

@@brianaugustine9121 it took me while to realize...

@ElectroIsMyReligion

4y↑17

Coming of age in the 60s must’ve been a magical time to say the least - I can only imagine. Arguably the most defining decade of the 20th century culturally speaking.

I envy you so much for that - and thank you so much for the contributions that your generation made to art and music - groundbreaking songs and artist that still resonates half a century later.
My parents are your age and I never get tired of hearing tales and anecdotes from a distant past filled with war, turmoil and rebellion. Classic masterpieces like these never age.

@turdy_water7646

4y↑26

Are you 69 now

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@alecxander9573

4y↑1.7K

It's ironic actually that I Am a Rock song suggests that the singer repels everyone near him while I Am a Rock stand attract things around the intended target.

@gamergaymer965

4y↑116

Probably why it was chosen

@moustachepig43

4y↑171

Not to mention the user is also a rock

@gamergaymer965

4y↑89

@@moustachepig43 huh. Haven't read that far into part 8 yet. Bit on the nose to give a rock person a stand called I am a rock

@roojackaroo8517

4y↑26

@@gamergaymer965 very much so

@cumbucketinternational1784

4y↑5

Fuck off Jojo fan, LEAVE

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@abeautifulcountry9353

1y↑62

The fact this song sounds so happy and upbeat makes the lyrics even more heartbreaking

@gwalker5327

2y↑124

Such great poetry. The choice of words and phrases is exquisite.

Not a blanket of snow, but a "silent shroud". Perfection.

@edlawrence5059

19w

alliteration

@Lennmick

3y↑153

"I have my poetry to protect me"...
Just wonderful.

@MrNiccholas

2y↑154

This song has meant so much to me over the years. It has gotten me through some very dark seasons of life. I am grateful to be listening to it looking back to reflect on how far I have come!

@jenibfb

2y↑2

So agree with u there!

@derrickpowell5531

2y↑2

God bless you!

@cornsoup5300

5y↑859

When you are trying to sleep but a fruit smuggler waterboards you.

@desdinovaincarnate9703

4y↑51

Don't bring that memory back.
Yotsuyu's weird eye wrappers are just...ughhhh creepy

@wills4579

4y↑20

@@desdinovaincarnate9703 was that ever explained? I don't think we know yet if that was a rock human ability or a weird side ability of his stand

@toastedt0ast878

4y↑32

@@wills4579 well it says that that rock humans molt,so he probably molted a thin layer of skin to use as plastic wrap

@-Melancholy-

4y↑12

@@toastedt0ast878 That makes it even worse.

@someguy654

@@wills4579 This is a simple case of Araki Forgot

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@user-ip9yu7lp1q

5y↑1.1K

@davidwhitehouse7719

4y↑21

Thank you

@glenstreets2504

4y↑6

Thank you

@ShihoTogai

4y↑1

@@cebolinha198 war tank

@mcserois3120

4y↑2

thx

@mic4555

4y↑2

Thank you

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@bigbrothereddie5445

4y↑94

Paul Simon - one of the most gifted lyricists ever.

@jannamora72

42w

Yep....Until Lana Del Rey showed up

@mikemike1071

3y↑81

The greatest line in music history: If I never loved I never would have cried.

@Vlasko60

4y↑29

This song describes the isolation that I hate and the isolation that I love. Brilliant song writing and Paul's voice is so powerful here.

@amymercer2597

1y↑64

I have always listened to this song to get through the overwhelming pain in my life...my first husband leaving my kids and I when they were 10 and 6 yrs old and my second husband being physically and emotionally/verbally abusive, and now with my third husband, finding out he's been texting another woman from his past. "If I never loved I never would have cried." God's honest truth.

@lunasinger2735

1y↑4

I'm so sorry for your pain. I hope you find the strength to create a joyous life for yourself. I've had similar experiences. I just ended a relationship of nine years. My third long term relationship and another miserable one, too. At least this time I stayed and he left; the last time, I had to leave and ended up on the streets. I'm 49 and it seems I'm destined to be alone. It's really hard for me right now--I have zero people in my life and am handicapped and dependent on the govt. My caregiver moved on a few months ago, and I need to get another one asap, but they're hard to find.

@leusmaximusx

just love them all , never let grudge overtake your inner peace and humanity,

dont begged to be loved back,, just love yourself and you will be fine

@robertmcpherson1617

50w↑3

But...the lines are ironic. He IS in pain! He is NOT better off! The last lines in the song say it all, "And a rock feels no pain; and an island...never cries!" Those final words are delivered with such vulnerability! The whole so g demonstrates that he is trying to cope with his feelings and hardship but failing!

@SeekerGoOn2013

46w↑2

I’m sorry Amy. That should never have happened.

@damiantrident

39w↑2

So sorry! 😢

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@1martywilson

10y↑60

Poetry that dances. There is something to be said for creativity that makes even the mechanics of the telling enjoyable. "gazing from my window into the streets below, on a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow." What a mouthful….better than chocolate.

@ericamartinen6527

10y↑3

any more cliches you'd like to throw in there?

@1martywilson

10y↑14

Erica Martinen I'm sorry, I didn't follow? Are you some sort of self-appointed word police…was I bothering you. Cliches are cliches for a reason. They are pithy statement that get overused for good reason. Because they work…..would you rather I said " that becomes difficult to say due to the abundance of syllables packed into so short a sentence…. It is preferable to the byproduct of the cocoa bean?

@MrPaddyo88

10y↑5

Martin Wilson
Yes. Don't listen to people that only ever say negative things. I thought what you wrote was great. Kind of poetic. Are you a writer by trade? If not, you should be.

@conniecampbell6172

10y

Oliver James I am so sorry. But, I am happy to hear you found your way to the positive life you wanted.

@conniecampbell6172

10y↑1

I am so happy to hear of the Love in your life. Hearing about long and happy marriages continues to bless me. Thank you for your kind words to me. And may you and Paula be blessed with another 32 yrs and more. :)

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@tylerb5764

1y↑51

This song! It hits just like the gravitational pull of love!

@Sally150

Opposite effect for me!

@arabstradingacademy

1y↑4

And random objects flying at you full speed

@yanchunchan9321

40w↑3

It makes me cry so hard, I bet I could use my tears to waterboard a person

@dr.strangelove7788

2y↑71

I saw an interview where Paul Simon almost seemed embarrassed when asked about writing this song….. did not consider it one of his best. WTF! This is a masterpiece like so many other he’s written

@realkingofantarctica

4y↑53

“Eventually, Yagiyama stopped thinking.”

@alfalldoot6715

3y↑4

"Eventually, Yagiyama fucking died"

@totallynotdio1311

3y↑3

So did kars,magenta magenta,diavolo,and okuyasu.

@meowch3265

"Eventually, Yagiyama got beaten up."

@prinzessinugk1279

3y↑2

@@totallynotdio1311 I'm not sure Okuyasu ever started thinking

@totallynotdio1311

3y↑1

@@prinzessinugk1279 well that is correct

@Irohate

3y↑68

"I've built walls
A fortress, steep and mighty
That none may penetrate"
Yotsuyu was an architect

@Thatonefuckinguy

1y↑28

It's sad how you don't understand this song until your old and alone and isolating yourself away from everyone. Not because of covid, not because of the world coming apart but simply because you're done with everyone else.

@samum5856

1y↑4

Me.

@iamjustsaying4787

1y↑8

@RandomPerson I’ve understood it all too well since a very early age.

@Sally150

I understood it at 10 yo. Sorry you fell this right now.

@nozrep

52w↑3

i’ve always done that. Not saying that it’s a good personality trait of mine. Not saying it’s a thing someone should do in general. Just that I have always tended to be an introvert loner and have always had difficulty making friends. It’s a relatively common sort of personality in humans. Anyways, us millennials made a new word for it. “Ambivert”…. sometimes introverted isolated loner, sometimes gregarious, satisfied with either one. So, I guess I am still not a true introvert. But sort of. And have always been satisfied to be social or to be a loner. And I’m prickly and people always think I am angry because of the way my voice sounds. Which I am not. But which hilariously then causes me vexation because people assume it just because of the way my voice sounds, naturallly.😂 So I go away and I am done with them.

@jbr84tx

51w

I recently told my sister that I'd be perfectly happy never to have another interaction with another human being for the rest of my life. If I could have food and shelter without having to encounter other people, that would suit me just fine. My sister didn't believe me.

@zenbrown7144

7y↑2.3K

Rock Humans are truly superior if this is their music.

@moralcoach717

5y↑25

Racist

@bbseal6174

5y↑107

@@moralcoach717 hot.

@rockinrollinntrollin616

5y↑15

Life and Rhymes of the superior.

@rockinrollinntrollin616

5y↑29

@@moralcoach717 dry your eyes teddy not ready bear.. you will, eventually escape your cave of birth right disillusioned understanding of racial impurities.

@moralcoach717

5y↑15

@@rockinrollinntrollin616 I understand you want to celebrate the stupid boomer culture but, you don't have to go to the extreme of consuming drugs, drugs are bad

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@virginiapicker

4y↑89

What a beautiful song. It’s dark - no doubt - but also unflinching and musically brilliant.

@indiesindie1984

2y↑40

This song is one of the soundtracks of my life!

@elultimo102

1y↑2

The Vulcan ideal. Devoid of emotion, as well as the pain and misery which accompanies it.

@BeanutPutter01

4y↑1.3K

Angelo: fights Josuke
Angelo, 3 seconds later: 0:31

@snowbringercult

4y↑85

Wrong josuke chief but it still applies

@georgeruiz9211

4y↑28

Yo anguro

@jamp0rt

4y↑13

a stand in part 8 is named after this song

@BeanutPutter01

4y↑44

@@jamp0rt I know, but Angelo did get turned into a rock in Part 4.

@borderlands10

4y↑2

@@snowbringercult: Wrong part.

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@edcassano7575

1y↑10

I keep telling myself, "I am a rock. I am an island" It doesn't work. People continue to cause pain. But it helps....beautiful song!

@kotzpenner

1y↑5

This song is such a mood, I'm so happy that Araki showed me that wonderful world of classic music.

@musickluvrr

10y↑71

I remember listening to this album over & over with my dad's headphones on, lost in a world of my own at 10 yrs. old. This, along with so many other profound songs of the day were huge influences on how I think, what I believe, & who I am today. Music, especially of this caliber, has the power to change our lives & affect entire generations. I feel so fortunate to have grown up with such musical geniuses. Thanks for posting!

@dinafrausto14

10y

Lauren im tring to email u and i cant can u email me 1st so i can respond.

@eds3969

3y↑2

That was a great posting.

@karinchaney9711

2y↑32

I was so lucky to grow up while these two were making music. Thank you both for so many good memories.

@ninedaysjane2466

22w↑4

This song helped me through a very rough adolescence.

@calico.5588

4y↑302

you know, after i read this arc i expected this song to sound a lot more depressing

yotsuyu also has a cool design

@hajarabouzaid5486

4y↑29

His design reminds me a lot of Bucciarati

@shoette

4y↑17

@@hajarabouzaid5486 ah yes the design that will make you think is this a guy or a girl
Yotsuyu Has a cool design tho

@samueltm7508

4y↑2

Cool design (and stand) but because it was referenced the community of JoJo's Shitty Adventures pushed out actual S&G fans far too fast.

Honestly that's what makes me not like some parts of JoJo. Part 8 is probably not high up on my favorites list.

@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917

4y↑4

If there's Sad song named "I am a Rock" is sounds weird (besides most of Intense Stand Battles named after more Peaceful Songs)

@alfalldoot6715

3y↑3

@@samueltm7508 Wow, that is really fucking petty! Like seriously, you've don't like an entire part because of a few references. Go fuck yourself!

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@williammoser9135

2y↑5

John Donne: "No man is rock. No man is an island" (1624) Not only a great song, but very literate

@ninedaysjane2466

22w

I'm glad someone else caught the reference.

@funnyvalentine7004

2y↑12

This is what men cry even though they dont know what jojolion is

@classickruzer1

6y↑109

I was 350 billion years old when I first heard this song...50 years later it still rocks me.. I am a rock..

@gabrieldecock5050

4y↑7

Nice Kars reference, i think

@meatycitadel

4y↑8

How are you older than the universe?

@richardhansen1590

3y↑2

@@meatycitadel He is a druid.

@theloweffortchannel7211

2y↑7

@@meatycitadel He lived through 36 universes

@howdyvictor

1y↑1

i am an island

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@professorescanor7310

3y↑6

Yes give the Rock Human a stand called “I am a rock” brilliant

@GS-gq5is

2y↑17

Paradoxically, when young, this song pulls you "forward" to where you will be. Many decades later, it pulls me "back" to the feelings of a young man listening to this sad, beautiful song about loneliness.

@Wehiremonkeys

4y↑233

The media: self isolate because of the virus
Me:

@Old.Cat.

4y↑2

hahaha, same

@rodrigo-tj1gf

4y↑6

I've never needed a virus to isolate myself

@jacklowe3429

50w↑18

This was my theme song when I was a teenager. To some extent, it still is. And I'm proud of it.

@doctorthirteen5727

4y↑51

How I tell people I feel during quarantine: I am a rock, I am an island
How I really feel: Hello darkness my old friend

@msk.johnson5102

9y↑46

This came out in 1965. I love this song. It always made me feel strong when I needed a lift. :)))

@MichaelMcConnell

9y↑1

I always liked that album. The boxer is a good song too. Not sure if it was on that album though

@msk.johnson5102

Michael McConnell
I'm off to see and listen to it. ;)

@msk.johnson5102

Oh bridge over trouble water. :) Beautiful song. ty

@MichaelMcConnell

9y↑13

They are easily in my top ten favorite groups. They put out a number of great songs

@msk.johnson5102

9y↑4

Michael McConnell
You are so right. :)

@captainsopaclash9669

4y↑87

You can’t escape them. JOJO fans simply are immortal beings who transcend to every comment section

@Pingyliskus

4y↑14

Don’t try to run and hide, we are the walls, we are the floor, we are the very air you breathe and we are always watching so there’s no point in trying to get away......

@samueltm7508

4y↑11

@@Pingyliskus more like we are the retards in the mental asylum

@Pingyliskus

4y↑5

@@samueltm7508 yeah that too I guess

@samueltm7508

3y↑4

@@Pingyliskus I mean considering how they're everything according to your reply, yeah they could be the mentally retarded people in the asylum.

@Pingyliskus

3y↑3

@@samueltm7508 That is true

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@neilmcclary3589

1y↑2

I played this and cried my eyes out I am a 64 year old man amazing what sticks with you all your life

@tichtyson1321

1y↑1

Came home from Vietnam and this was the song. We were all Rocks and needed no one!

@eds3969

3y↑24

I wish that we still had poets and musicians of Paul Simon’s caliber today.

@marihuhman9049

40w↑2

Simon & Garfunkel's songs are breathtaking. A huge lifeline we need at this time!😂

@armynarts2620

51w↑3

I am 71 still love Simon Garfunkel songs

@Davotheledge

3y↑6

‘Gazing from my window to the streets below, on a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.’ What a line!

@michaelcincotta3844

2y↑9

AND AN ISLAND never cries.......beautifully written and sung song.

@MaryEavey-dc3sk

11w↑1

Exactly! He sing of the tough man exterior but that last line sung so wistfully reveals the pain under the tough facade. Best line in the song, in my opinion but no one ever talks about it

@michaelcincotta3844

11w

@@MaryEavey-dc3sk yes it is, and so poignant and beautiful......it is the whole meaning of the song. : )

@weather067

4y↑134

No man is an island
Yotsuyu Yagiyama: Am I joke to you?

@v-town1980

4y↑7

No woman is a man.

@weather067

4y↑2

Im always wondering, is yotsuyu a man or a woman?

@skywardstargaze1768

4y↑1

@@weather067 we don't actually know

@ihatealmosteverythingequal820

4y↑4

Canon thing: L.A boom boom is a male

@samueltm7508

3y↑1

@@weather067 Yotsuyu is a male.

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@DEATH-THE-GOAT

2y↑34

I want this to be played at my funeral.

Because it's so true it hurts 😭

@kotzpenner

1y↑2

same

@KB-sv7fm

26w

This song would bring down a funeral. 😂

@gabrielleslodowski3150

2y↑2

❤❤❤❤❤...After experience, that's for me....I love these two...especially Simon.

@exclusivespinach8776

7y↑1.4K

I am a Rokakaka

@gregdearmond3309

5y↑49

R O C K A C K A C K A

@justanenglishcommentpassin644

5y↑20

🗿

@monetizedyay6827

5y↑27

CONSUME

@Flytrus

5y↑10

@@tjkinsky8538 this is is legit the name of a stand in jojo this wasnt unexpected at all

@bromicorn

4y↑2

@@Flytrus more like expected jojo

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@danielhaas9612

3y↑9

Brilliant lyrics paired to melody. A stubborn and deeply depressed person who won't or can't come to grips with their situation and tries to convince themselves otherwise, the melody puts it plain. The fortress is a paper tiger self built, while looking down on happy people. Lashing out, been hurt and looking for excuses for how they act.

Amazing. Truly.

@jdloer

1y↑13

the lyrics of this song describe perfectly the pyshcological complex called "Negative Mother Complex" It is a beautiful artistic representation of one of the complexes that we all can fall prey to as we develop, especially as young men. The sad part is that many probably do not get the proper help, and this complex is not transcended, and there is a big risk that the men end up trapped in this attitude towards life. Many men in Academia embody this complex and also very successful business people (i was one of them), so afraid to be hurt that we just focus on our "intellect" (books) or our personal passion (poetry) and we are still children or teenagers inside, unable to be truly open to love due to fear of rejection.

it hurts to admit this when one realizes that this has been the complex that has been running one's life.

But even realizing that one has been in the grasp of this complex, represents a potential way out of it, at any age that one realizes about it.

I am in the process of getting out, for anyone outthere relating to this, read about the Negative Mother Complex, Mother Complex, Devouring Mother complex and Jungian Psychoanalysis. All the best.

@jock-of-ages73

39w

🙏

@ninedaysjane2466

22w

Yeah . . . no.

@csmith5611

19w

Yeah....yes

@pablokpo9060

4y↑494

50% of people in comments: This song is so sad im crying, friends and love aren't real 😢😢

The other 50% :Haha Yotsuyu hasn't got dick

@AliFareedMC

3y↑24

what about your comment that includes both? lol

@heyimhereonyt

3y↑25

@@AliFareedMC perfectly balanced

@helisoma

3y↑4

Love is real

@HarvestHome2000

3y↑2

EH???

@tristan2302

3y↑3

Damn this one comment just made my day. Thanks man

@klaustoth6982

man, i just realized you're a beatles freak and a guinea pig lover, which makes your quote only more adorable. have a happy life, man.

@NoobyRequiem

1y↑7

This song turn me to rock human

@sleeper5905

Is this what I think it is

@davemeyers960

3y↑26

My mother has ghosted me off and on for over 60 years. When this song first came out it just described what I felt about her. My sister just texted me that she is pulling the life support plug for her tomorrow. A Rock feels no pain and an island never cries.

@Sally150

1y↑3

I'm sorry you weren't able to make your peace with her.

@nathanaelwassmann3794

4y↑354

This should be the theme song for social distancing during the covid-19 pandemic.

@lyledodson5024

4y↑11

Well said ,sir! A classic song ,made relevant by current events. Stay healthy ....

@paulshields6234

4y↑2

ISOLATION JOY DIVISON ?

@funnynutbabymeme5150

I think this is fitting, and it’s a bit more upbeat. https://youtu.be/_FMOXRl7x3E

@Foster_B

No it shouldn’t, this song portrays the safety of your home as a bad thing

@unamckillen7125

4y↑3

Being "a rock" is to do with an individual not allowing/risking human contact because they do not want to take a chance on anything around being human: dancing, laughing, crying, caring. Right now the covid-19 thing has just turned us all into human, potentially-lethal, bug-carriers. Not the same thing at all.

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@nathanbarnes8535

10y↑541

This is a bittersweet song. Without loving, we never cry but we lose that which makes us human. A Rock feels no pain but it has no humanity. Sometimes I wonder if it is better to love and be hurt, or to be lonely and never feel.

@TastySandwich100

9y↑42

"Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."

@SeaCowsBeatLobsters

9y↑10

Why can't I make myself understand that

@unamckillen7125

9y↑21

I don't know. I am 50/50. I guess, if I had to put my hand upon my heart I would not have been without the love and I am talking not just about romantic love but it is so hard when it is snatched away, either by someone else's choice or by death. I am at a stage in my life where I pretty much cry all the time about the losses: mum, dad, my eldest, most loved sister, all my aunts and uncles and friends (the latest in June). That does not include the people who chose to walk away and they are legion (and, I guess the ones Paul is singing about here.) Love is a painful thing. Being a rock is way easier.

@RadarLakeKosh

9y↑2

Carpe and all the rest Hey, man... He's cracked the meaning of this song anyway. "he is a rock."

@Canonall

9y↑2

***** I can see you're very immature still, not in an offensive or condescending way. It's just that I can see you have never felt real love, it's one of the most nobel feelings you can have. I guess ignorance is bliss but it's just that... i really feel everyone should love with all their heart and not be afraid of getting hurt, what's the point of wasting your time in this life without experiencing the best thing you can experience. It's like going to a theme park and not getting on the best ride because the queue is too long. You just say "fuck it, it's worth it" and it is, trust me it really is.

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@kulsevdasi

2y↑6

Out of all their songs, this is the one that touches me the deepest.

@conniemartin6724

2y↑4

This duo has so many wonderful, well-written songs. Do people today even realize this?

@debbiemenno3160

2y↑6

This is my song, every single word is my story. A rock feels no pain...

@Sally150

A rock feels no love...

@harryodell9497

1y↑1

I grew up in the 70's. 57 now and still listen to them. Sometimes with the vol up a little...

@johnasher5684

2y↑6

This song speaks to me, and to this day is my legacy. For thirty long years.

That and Lifetime by Three days Grace.

Still, a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.

@somniloguy12

8y↑1.7K

There once was a japanese manga author who took the premise of this song far too seriously

@Arclight641

8y↑33

Itou Junji?

@somniloguy12

8y↑237

President Valentine I was referring to Araki in part 8

@sixxobsessed3975

7y↑6

Just wondering. Who was it?

@somniloguy12

7y↑219

Sixx Obsessed Hirohiko Araki, the author of Jojo´s bizarre adventure. Usually, the stands (superpowers) of the characters in that story get their namesake from popular singles, albums or artists.

In the latest part, one such character had the stand "I am a rock".

@sixxobsessed3975

7y↑9

The Will of G Ah, I see. I've never read that series yet.

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@steverollins6790

5y↑9

Listened to this for hours back in the 70s. Then it hit me. NO MAN IS AN ISLAND. Without you, I am nothing. Without me, You are nothing. Go figure it out.

@annhunter4356

4y↑1

Except the Isle Of Man

@samueltm7508

@@annhunter4356 LMAO good one.

@GrantParks

3y↑4

For some, it's the theme of an entire lifetime.

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@raynathiel8800

3y↑7

I just discovered this song today and I feel like the universe has chosen me. Thank you universe

@FlowerEmperess

37w↑2

One of their Great Classics.

@jeffp4535

5y↑3

I love this song so much. Thanks Paul.

@stevew1904

2y↑7

I've been listening to Simon and Garfunkel since I bought their greatest hits album in 1974, age 16. I still love their music; such powerful lyrics

@maggier6719

8y↑320

my best friend informed me that this song was one of his favorites the other night during a long bus trip. listening to it in pure darkness with him right next to me was one of the most insightful things that has happened to me in a while.

@unamckillen7125

7y↑12

I guess you are now lovers. I wish I had listened to the insightful things my heart was telling me all those years ago.

@cami575

6y↑15

Maggie Rastorfer I ship it

@mattea4322

6y↑3

Leopatra me too

@topdog1128

5y↑2

this was a great song...... which means you can isolate yourself from everyone, pain, frustrations and shield yourself with an imaginary armour to protect yourself.............. but then doing so would be a very lonely way to live,....

@frootsnx1271

5y↑5

@@topdog1128 its also a jojo stand lol

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@nnddrrjj

5y↑6

Simon and Garfunkel's music is truly beautiful and timeless!

@duncanwcraig9668

5y↑10

the sound of my childhood. bring back the 70s!

@stevenmaginnis1965

That's kind of funny, as this song is from 1966.

@atzeanonymus8255

3y↑5

Each Song is a Masterpiece... only 2 Men...and a majestic Voice...still one of the greatest Bands.

@kchaney56

2y↑4

I am 65 and for the 3rd time in my life this song provides strength and comfort to me. I am happy for that but I think I should be sad about it.

@lostinnevermore5354

2y↑10

Such a deep and powerful song. The story of my life in under 3minutes.

@samum5856

1y↑1

Amazing how one can summarize someone’s life so succinctly in just a few minutes.

@sidDkid87

9y↑116

"And a rock feels no pain /
And an island never cries"

@stevenpaul6999

9y↑2

great song

@kateslight7050

9y↑3

I love this song, my lovely sidDkid87

@sidDkid87

9y↑3

kate's light Timeless classic <3

@kateslight7050

9y↑3

Ahhh, yes... Sweetness to my ears! sidDkid87

@sidDkid87

9y↑2

kate's light S&G produced many tunes that are sweetness to our ears, Kate : )

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@9numbernine

5y↑5

"I have my books and poetry to protect me" - for some reason I always smile when I hear this line. At least there is something good is in his life:)

@peanut1319

5y↑1

Man I always tear up when I listen to this song and your comment is gonna make me cry for real.😭 Lol.
What a great comment. Never thought of that before.

@9numbernine

@@peanut1319I know it can be hard. Write to me if you feel like you are in trouble. I am like you! You are not alone.

@jimdennis121

1y↑4

I discovered this song when I was 14 and had just experienced my first break up. It still makes me think of that day. On the money.

@kumar107

3y↑8

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

An incredible verse

@ninedaysjane2466

22w↑1

That was me as a Gen X kid growing up in very rough circumstances. I didn't have many friends, I was kept isolated so I stayed in my room and read books. I didn't write poetry, but I tried to write books.

@patszer8314

5y↑5

I identified with this song for many years until I couldn't stand feeling so lonely day after day. I realised then that I wasn't meant to live the rest of my life alone and decided to really try to get over my shyness and start acting friendlier to people. I always had a very low self esteem and relationships terrified me but I forced myself to allow people into my life and I slowly began to make friends. One day when I least expected it I met someone very special and we became inseparable almost immediately. We fell in love and I have been living happily together with my wife Joni for almost twenty years now. I believe islands do cry.

@calebmurphy9406

1y↑5

0:18 For all the eloquent, delicate, and artfully worded lyrics in this song describing the emotional repression and isolation of this person, the most powerful line in the whole song is the simplest. "I am alone." There have been times I've listened to this song where hearing that line flooded me with so much sadness that I literally couldn't even process it.

@cccbbbccc5910

when he said "I'm a rock" I couldn't handle it anymore, he really thinks he is a mineral it's so sad. I collapsed on the floor and cried for like a hour after that, literal lyrical genius, bravo once again mr Gargfunel

@calebmurphy9406

@@cccbbbccc5910 okay

@cccbbbccc5910

@@calebmurphy9406 nice cat bruh got any more

@jamesm156

10y↑118

I notice this was uploaded on December 16, 2009. That was my 18th birthday and my dad got me a box set of all Simon and Garfunkle's first five albums on CD.