Lyric Lock And Key

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