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Lock and Key Lyrics

Rush - Hold Your Fire
Band
Album

Hold Your Fire

(1987)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresProgressive Rock, Pop Rock
LabelsAnthem Records, Mercury Records
Ranked#45 for 1987 , #2,612 all-time
Album rating :  88.6 / 100
Votes :  8
6. Lock and Key (5:09)
Track rating :  90 / 100       Votes :  5       [ ]
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.
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Rush - Hold Your Fire
Hold Your Fire - Album Credits
Members
Additional musicians
  • Andy Richards : Additional Keyboards, Programming
  • Aimee Mann : Additional Vocals
  • Jim Burgess : Programming
Other staff
  • Peter Collins : Producer
  • Rush : Producer
  • James "Jimbo" Barton : Engineer
  • Bob Ludwig : Mastering Engineer
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