Lock and Key lyrics

I don’t want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

We carry a sensitive cargo

Below the waterline

Ticking like a time bomb

With a primitive design

Behind the finer feelings

This civilized veneer

The heart of a lonely hunter

Guards a dangerous frontier

The balance can sometimes fail

Strong emotions can tip the scale

Don’t want to silence a desperate voice

For the sake of security

No one wants to make a terrible choice

On the price of being free

I don’t want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

It’s not a matter of mercy

It’s not a matter of laws

Plenty of people will kill you

For some fanatical cause

It’s not a matter of conscience

A search for probable cause

It’s just a matter of instinct

A matter of fatal flaws

No reward for resistance

No assistance, no applause

Don’t want to silence a desperate voice

For the sake of security

No one wants to make a terrible choice

On the price of being free

I don’t want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

We don’t want to be victims

On that we all agree

So we lock up the killer instinct

And throw away the key

• Artist:Rush
• Album:Hold Your Fire (1987)