she is a pyramid but with him she's just a grain of sand this love's too strong like mice and men squeezing out the life that should be let in she was a hurricane (cane-cane-cane) but now she's just a gust of wind she used to set the sails of a thousand ships was a force to be reckoned with she could be a statue of liberty she could be a joan of arc but he's scared of the light inside of her so he keeps her in the dark oh, she used to be a pearl ooooh yeah she used to rule the world, ooooh can't believe she's become a shell of herself cause she used to be a pearl she was unstoppable move fast just like an avalanche but now she's stuck deep in cement wishing that they never, ever met she could be a statue of liberty she could be a joan of arc but he's scared of the light inside of her so he keeps her in the dark oh she used to be a pearl ... ooooh yeah she used to rule the world ... oooh can't believe she's become a shell of herself cause she used to be a .. do you know that there's a way out, there's a way out there's a way out, there's a way out you don't have to be held down, be held down be held down, be held down cause i used to be a shell yeah, i let him rule my world, my world, oh yeah but i woke up and grew strong and i can still go on and no one can take my pearl you don't have to be a shell ... noooooo you're the one that rules your world ... oooooh you are strong and you'll learn that you can still go on and you'll always be a a pearl she is unstoppable