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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 emotion 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
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
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
We don't want to be victims
On that we all agree
So we lock up the killer instinct
And throw away the key
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 emotion 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
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
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
We don't want to be victims
On that we all agree
So we lock up the killer instinct
And throw away the key
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I find this tune a little puzzling. It almost seems like they are saying that keeping our primal urges to kill under control is a BAD thing.
Perhaps it's just a reminder that those impulses are there, and we need to be on the look-out for them surfacing. That seems lame, (especially for Rush), so it's got to be something else. That's why I came to this page, hoping someone had some insight on it. Oh well!
Still a great tune. Hold Your Fire is, in my opinion, Rush's greatest album.