Standing on the borderline   Between joy and reason   Tending carefully, my fire   Waiting for my season      I know who these people are   I know what they stand for   Corruption's built into this plan   Nothing's under the other hand      Tricks and trials   Await the child      The instinct keeps me running   Running like a deer   The instinct keeps me running   Running through the grinning shadows      I have seen the sludgy beach   And the poisoned river   I have met the naughty rich   They're just getting stiffer      This whole place is like a maze   Or like some Medusa   Let me out, I can't accept   A second red light story      Tricks and trials   Await the child      The instinct keeps me running   Running like a deer   The instinct keeps me running   Running where the sun'll bless me      Instinct keeps me running   Running like a moose   The instinct keeps me running   Running to keep one chance open      Marks on walls, the common outlet   Tell the truth and always will   Marks on wall destroy the thought   Of perfect sunny civilization      Tricks and trials   Await the child      Instinct keeps me running   Running like a deer   The instinct keeps me running   Running through the grinning shadows      Instinct keeps me running   Running like a bear   The instinct keeps me running   Running to keep one chance open      Instinct keeps me running   Running 'cause I don't believe it   Instinct keeps me running   Running through the bare emotion      Instinct keeps me running   Instinct keeps me running   Running, I'm running   Running, running, running