Explode

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

        Dm  Am G
As we explode
        Dm  Am G
As we explode

Am                                                       G
Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the Kmart
                                            Am
Rolling around in them to see if you would get prickled
                                      G
Slip the acid on your tongue roof top 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

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

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