Take pity,
\nOn every city,
\n’cause when the Earth quakes,
\nOur foundation shakes.<\/p>\n
It’s more than rumor,
\nThat we felt a tremor,
\n’cause it’s true we’re ringing,
\nLike a cracked bell,
\nNature’s singing,
\n“Say farewell.”<\/p>\n
Ding dong the witch ain’t dead,
\nBringing on what we dread,<\/p>\n
“It’s a small world after all,”<\/p>\n
“For whom does the bell toll?”<\/p>\n
Is nature’s fall,
\nDue to man’s role?
\nAs we vibrate the gate,
\nAnd, open hell.<\/p>\n
Now, we’re ringing,
\nLike a cracked bell,
\nFeel it stinging?
\nDoesn’t feel so swell,
\nNow, we’re ringing,
\nLike a cracked bell.<\/p>\n
Ding. Dong. Ding. Dumb.<\/p>\n
NOTES
\nI’d said: By the way…
\nThe earthquake that rocked Indonesia…
\nwas felt by seismic meters in Pennsylvania
\nI guess, it’s a small world after all?<\/p>\n
sidd replied:
\nthe whole earth rings like a bell for weeks after such an event …<\/p>\n
I wonder:
\nlike a cracked bell?<\/p>\n
rick asks:
\ndon’t get much higher than a 9 does it?
\nwhat would happen in a 10?
\ndoes the scale go higher than 10?<\/p>\n
sidd replied:
\nhttp:\/\/neic.usgs.gov\/neis\/general\/magnitude_intensity.html<\/p>\n
sez …
\n—
\nHowever, rock mechanics seems to preclude earthquakes smaller than about -1
\nor larger than about 9.5
\n—<\/p>\n
i wonder:
\nhmmm… “seems”?<\/p>\n
leroy replied:
\nyears ago, the 60s, an indian master told people i know
\nthat the earth could shift axis in two and a half days
\nyou read the science reports that the earth’s wobble changed
\nfrom this “event”
\nwater rising
\nice age
\nask
\nwhat is the cause of all this<\/p>\n
i’d said:
\nwhole earth ringing — like a cracked bell?<\/p>\n
rick replied:
\nit wasn’t ringin’ for freedom<\/p>\n
i go on:
\nthat’s what i’m wondering… if it perhaps is was ringing for freedom?<\/p>\n
what i mean is… there have long been natural disasters
\nBUT i’m questioning whether man is increasing the volatility AND
\nperhaps the intensity<\/p>\n
does it “seem” that we could push over 9.5 because of the crack
\nwe made in “our bell”<\/p>\n
the alaska earthquake \/ global warming study seems to say
\n“seems” is so? the higher sea level and 10,000 of thousands
\nof people on the coast line dyin’ also seems to suggest
\nMan is making a bad situation worse<\/p>\n
so, will mother nature ring Her earth free again…
\neven if it means free from us?<\/p>\n
yes… perhaps the answer to leroy’s question
\n “what is the cause of all this”
\nis
\n “well i don’t know if one thing is the cause…
\n so i won’t say — human is the cause…
\n but it sure ‘seems’ like humen would be a good
\n answer?”<\/p>\n
humen built to close to the sea
\nhumen made the sea rise
\nhumen helped intensify natural disasters<\/p>\n
without these mistakes made by individual humans…
\nno one would have died?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Take pity, On every city, ’cause when the Earth quakes, Our foundation shakes. It’s more than rumor, That we felt a tremor, ’cause it’s true we’re ringing, Like a cracked bell, Nature’s singing, “Say farewell.” Ding dong the witch ain’t dead, Bringing on what we dread, “It’s a small world after all,” “For whom does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[163,354,556,773,779],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrics","category-uncategorized","tag-climate-change","tag-global-warming","tag-music","tag-social-responsibility","tag-song-lyrics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}