I can’t move but I can stop
I can’t climb but I can drop
I can be on but I can’t be off
I can’t be a key but can be a lock
I can beat without a heart
And play without a game
Nobody wants to be me
Can you tell my name?
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Dead
I can’t move but I can stop
Can stop dead, but can't move dead
I can’t climb but I can drop
Can drop dead, but can't climb dead
I can be on but I can’t be off
Can be dead on, but not dead off
I can’t be a key but can be a lock
Can be a deadlock but not a deadkey
I can beat without a heart
Can be a deadbeat but not a deadheart
And play without a game
Can play dead, but not game dead
Nobody wants to be me
I wouldn't want to be
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I guess you're
a beat
I can’t move but I can stop
A beat can stop, but not move
I can’t climb but I can drop
I can be on but I can’t be off
When you turn it off, it's not there anymore. So it's not off, it just,,, isn't.
I can’t be a key but can be a lock
I guess the beat can't be in a certain key (such as A, Dminor etc). I'm not sure about the lock.
I can beat without a heart
Well, yes.
And play without a game
Yes, the beat can play by itself.
Nobody wants to be me
Nobody want to be beaten.
Can you tell my name?
Beat
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2$\begingroup$ great effort. Nicely fits many clues but the On Off and Key Lock fit is a bit of a stretch. $\endgroup$– DrDDec 16, 2020 at 19:58
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I think you are:
Virus
I can’t move but I can stop
virus can’t move by it’s self.
I can’t climb but I can drop
virus can’t climb but they certainly can drop if there are nothing moving it...
I can be on but I can’t be off
I must be on a organism to pass on my DNA or RNA, if not then I will die(not really).
I can’t be a key but can be a lock
Virus can’t be a key but they could lock on you.
I can beat without a heart
they do beat but they don’t have heart.
And play without a game
”they play you to death”
Nobody wants to be me
A time least I don’t want Tovar’s be a virus...
Can you tell my name?
Virus!
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Your name might be
Bullseye
I can't move but I can stop
It can't move as it's on a target that's secured to the wall, but it can stop a dart from flying through the air.
I can’t climb but I can drop
A target can't climb, but it can easily drop, along with its bullseye, if not secured to the wall well enough.
I can be on but I can’t be off
What's the point of a target without a bullseye on it?
I can’t be a key but can be a lock
A bullseye can't be a key, but it could be a lock for your eyes/concentration to throw the dart onto it.
I can beat without a heart
The sound of darts constantly hitting it.
And play without a game
One can "play" darts without a game, as they only play to improve their concentration/precision/skill.
Nobody wants to be me
Image darts flying towards you...
Can you tell my name?
Bullseye!
answered Dec 16, 2020 at 22:08
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$\begingroup$ Can't move, huh? Try telling Mark Rober that! ;-) $\endgroup$– StivDec 17, 2020 at 10:39
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$\begingroup$ @Stiv Haha! I've watched all of his videos. $\endgroup$ Dec 17, 2020 at 13:02
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I found another solution that fits rather well (although admittedly not perfect)
Music
I can’t move but I can stop
the music can stop playing
I can’t climb but I can drop
a common mistake in playing music is to drop a note
I can be on but I can’t be off
Hey mr DJ, put the music on!
I can’t be a key but can be a lock
while music is in a key, it is not a key itself. There are music lockets, which for me is close enough to "lock" as a riddle cue.
I can beat without a heart
Music has a beat
And play without a game
Music gets played
Nobody wants to be me
This is the cue that doesn't fit perfectly. Taken literally, it is true but vacuous - people want to be people and not something abstract like music. I could imagine not wanting to be the subject of certain types of song, or maybe being a musician is suggested as a poor career choice, due to bad payment and high stress (although people actually want to be it).
Can you tell my name?
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1$\begingroup$ I like this answer, except there's rot13(ghea gur zhfvp bss) ;) $\endgroup$ Dec 17, 2020 at 13:29
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$\begingroup$ I don’t know this, but I am a piano player, isn’t music keys? (Piano keys, and keys such as F# Ab?) $\endgroup$ Dec 17, 2020 at 19:20