Vera's face burnt as a memory of bedroom fun 
With a ligther and some hairspray 
Smoking in the girls' room 
Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the McDonald's 
By a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody 
Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some 

Now we look back and see that she didn't know how 
We never thought that we'd get caught up 
Stuck in the teenage waste 

As we explode 
As we explode 
As we explode 
As we explode 

Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the Kmart 
Rolling around in them to see if you would get prickled 
Slip the acid on your tongue rooftop shopping mall parkade 
We couldn't get enough 

Then count the stars and the ten million woes 
Just you and the universe judging each other 
We never knew that we'd get caught up 
Stuck in the teenage waste 

As we explode 
As we explode 
As we explode 
As we let go 

It's a fight, it's a fight and you finally belong 
Got a shiner now and it's more than a battle scar 
More than a battle scar, such a good, good story to tell 
At lunch break, lunch break, lunch break, lunch break 
Such a good, good story to tell 

You bully, you break, you bully, you break 
You fake, you fake, you fake, you fake 
You smoke, you toke, you want, you flaunt, you hit it and you're in it and it's spinning 

And it's wild 
We never thought that we'd get caught up 
Stuck in the teenage waste 

As we explode 
As we explode 
As we explode 
As we let go 

We're counting the stars 
We're counting the stars 
We're gonna go far, we're gonna go far 
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars 
We're not very far, we're not very far 

And it's you and me in the open air 
It's truth or dare, we don't care 
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars, we're counting the stars, we're counting the stars