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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






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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