[Intro]
I don't want to face the killer instinct
Face it in you or me

[Verse 1]
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

[Pre-Chorus 1]
The balance can sometimes fail
Strong emotions can tip the scale

[Chorus]
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
Lock and key

[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus 2]
No reward for resistance
No assistance, no applause

[Chorus]
I don't want to face the killer instinct
Face it in you or me
So we keep it under lock and key
I don't want to face the killer instinct
Face it in you or me
So we keep it under lock and key
Lock and key

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
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
I don't want to face the killer instinct
Face it in you or me
So we keep it under lock and key
Lock and key
[Outro]
We don't want to be victims
On that we all agree
So we lock up the killer instinct
And throw away the key