Channel: ParrMr

Category: Education

Tags: p wavesfocuss wavesmercalliseismographsurface wavesmr. parrrichter scalebelieverepicentersecondary wavesimagine dragonsparrmrseismic wavesearthquake waves

Description: Earthquake Waves (parody of At Believer, by Imagine Dragons) P comes first Seismic waves are the ones-come out ahead They line up and fire everywhere-all directions oh-ooh Like an accordion oh-ooh S they come second Secondary what you think comes after P These the ones like a tail moving side to side you see oh-ooh Can’t travel through the sea no-ooh From the focus come earthquakes waves Taking the shaking to the masses Epicenter ground it is doomed That looked to be, shook to me, breaking free, shaking me, coming from Heartache from the shake Breaking the buildings from the waves Learning our lessons from the pain Seeing the ripples through the… Waves! The primary the first ones are the leader, the leader Waves! The S is now, it’s showing up on meter, on meter Waves! Seismograph is high, oh let them sway The pen, the drum, the wire, is moved from Waves! The surface waves, like ocean ones, but meaner, they’re meaner Surface third Send a prayer to the ones up above The ground shakes like a wave has turned the surface to a puzzle-ooh The surface up above oh-ooh Where there’s shaking to be found Satellites reign up in the clouds Tiltmeter angles of the ground Laser-ranging devices bounce The creep meter is, wire is, stretching and pulling It monitors, movement ‘Til it pokes it open and breaks out It breaks out like… Waves! The primary the first ones are the leader, the leader Waves! ‘The S is now, it’s showing up on meter, on meter Waves! Seismograph is high, oh let them sway The pen, the drum, the wire, is moved from Waves! The surface waves, like ocean ones, but meaner, they’re meaner Seismograph Sees a trace from a wire and a weight Finds the place epicenter, the origin of waves oh-ooh From where they are made oh-ooh And the Richter is, measuring, magnitude, power Mercalli is, limited ‘Til they go out and rate downed Building down like… Waves! The primary the first ones are the leader, the leader Waves! The S is now, it’s showing up on meter, on meter Waves! Seismograph is high, oh let them sway The pen, the drum, the wire, is moved from Waves! The surface waves, like ocean ones, but meaner, they’re meaner