Mass - 21. Credo - Trope: Non Credo (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop)
First Solo Et homo factus est And was made man…
And you became a man You, God, chose to become a man To pay the earth a small social call I tell you, sir, you never were A man at all Why? You had the choice when to live When To die And then Become a god again
Group And was made man…
Solo And then a plaster god like you Has the gall to tell me what to do To become a man To show my respect on my knees Go genuflect, but don’t expect guarantees Oh Just play it dumb Play it blind But when I go Then Will I become a god again?
Group Possibly yes, probably no…
Solo Yes, probably no
Give me a choice I never had a choice Or I would have been a simple tree A barnacle in a silent sea Anything but what I must be A man A man A man!
Group Possibly yes, probably no…
Solo You knew what you had to do You knew why you had to die You chose to die, and then revive again You chose, you rose Alive again But I I don’t know why I should live If only to die Well, I’m not gonna buy it!
Group Possibly yes, probably no…
Solo I’ll never say credo. How can anybody say credo? I want to say cr…
Tape Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, Passus, et sepultus est. Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas. Et ascendit in caelum: Sedet ad dexteram Patris. Et iterum venturus est cum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos. He was also crucified for our sake under Pontius Pilate, suffered, and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures. And He ascended into heaven: And is seated at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead.