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