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

Tickling 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.



We don't want to be victims

On that we all agree

So we lock up the killer instinct

And throw away the key.