[Verse 1]
         
The most tende

r place in my 

heart is for s

trangers
             
I know it's un

             
kind but my ow

              
n blood is muc

             
h too   danger

   
ous
             
Hangin' round 

              
the ceiling ha

       
lf the time
             
Hangin' round 

              
the ceiling ha

       
lf the time
 

 
[Pre-Chorus]
(
Compared to so

me I've been a

round, but I r

eally tried so

 hard
 
[Chorus]
             
That echo chor

              
us lied to me 

     
with its
             
Hold on, hold 

         
on. Hold on-ho

ld on
 
[Verse 2]
             
In the end I w

       
as the mean gi

rl
             
Or somebody's 

      
in-between gir

l
             
Now it's the d


evil I love
              
And that's as 

             
funny as real 

      
love
 
  
 
[Verse 3]
            
I leave the pa

       
rty at three a

.m.
             
Alone, thank G

    
od
            
With a valium 

         
from the bride
             
It's the devil

   
 I love
         
It's the devil

 I love
              
And that's as 

             
funny as real 

      
love
              
And that's as 

             
real as true l

      
ove
 
[Instrumental]
  
        x2
 
 
[Chorus/Outro]
             
That echo chor

              
us lied to me 

     
with its
             
Hold on, hold 

         
on. Hold on-ho

ld on
 
             
That echo chor

              
us lied to me 

     
with its
             
Hold on, hold 

         
on. Hold on-ho

ld on