Am
Vera's face burnt as a memory of bedroom fun
G
With a lighter and some hairspray, Smoking in the girls' room
Am
Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the McDonald's
G
By a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody
Am
Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some 
G
Now we look back and see that she didn't know how 
Am
We never thought that we'd get caught up
G
Stuck in the teenage waste

[CHORUS]

As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we explode

Am
Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the 
G
Kmart rolling around in them to see if you would get 
Am
Prickled slip the acid on your tongue rooftop 
G
Mall parkade, we couldn't get enough
Am
Then count the stars and the ten million woes
G
Just you and the universe judging each other
Am
We never knew that we'd get caught up
G
Stuck in the teenage waste

[CHORUS]
Dm	Am	G
As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we let go






Am
It's a fight, it's a fight and you 
G
Finally belong got a shiner now and 
Am
It's more than a battle scar, more than a battle scar, 
G
Such a good, good story to tell
Am
At lunch break, lunch break, lunch break, lunch break
G
Such a good, good story to tell
Am
You bully, you break, you bully, you break
G
You fake, you fake, you fake, you fake
Am
You smoke, you toke, you want, you flaunt
G
You hit it and you're in it 
Am
And it's spinning 
G
And it's wild
Am
We never thought that we'd get caught up
G
Stuck in the teenage waste

[CHORUS]
Dm	Am	G
As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we explode
Dm	Am	G
As we let go

Am
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars
G
We're gonna go far, we're gonna go far
Am
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars
G
We're not very far, we're not very far
Am
And it's you and me in the open air
G
It's truth or dare, we don't care
Am
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars 
Am				G
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars