the hills are calling they re calling your name promising you fortune and fame and all the things you wished you could be they ll sell your soul its just that easy we learned to swim by watching you sink hollywood came yeah it got inside your head and ate you alive the stage is set don t keep them waiting all eyes are fixed on you but something is failing watch your step now don t look down you won t hear a sound we learned to swim by watching you sink hollywood came yeah it got inside your head and ate you alive this city was built on cash and swagger i can tell you won t make it just by your stagger you try to leave you can t get away ask you to stay you wanna run away cut the scene if your gonna keep stuttering we re gonna have to let you go you charmed them all half to death but couldn t get away with it all of us are watching lights camera disaster we learned to swim by watching you sink hollywood came yeah it got inside your head and ate you alive this city was built on cash and swagger i can tell you won t make it just by your stagger you try to leave you can t get away ask you to stay you wanna run away all i ve know has drifted from me floating further sinking slowly just for a shot in the dark we learned to swim by watching you sink hollywood came yeah it got inside your head and ate you alive this city was built on cash and swagger i can tell you won t make it just by your stagger you try to leave you can t get away ask you to stay you wanna run away