X. Credo - 2. Trope: “Non Credo”

Lyrics

[MALE GROUP] Et homo factus est [SOLO BARITONE] And was made man [MALE GROUP] And was made man, and was made man, and was made man [SOLO BARITONE] And you become a man [MALE GROUP] And was made man, and was made man [SOLO BARITONE & MALE GROUP] You, God, chose to become a man (Man) To pay the earth a small social call (And was made man) I tell you, sir, you never were (And was made man) A man at all [SOLO BARITONE] Why? You had the choice When to live When to die And then Become a god again [MALE GROUP] And was made man, and was made man [SOLO BARITONE & MALE GROUP] And then a plaster god like you (God like you) Has the gall to tell me what to do (A God like you) To become a man To show my respect on my knees (Too) Go genuflect (Be like a man) But don't expect guarantees (Be like a man) [SOLO BARTIONE] Oh, just play it dumb Play it blind But when I go Then Will I become a god again? [MALE GROUP] Possibly yes Probably no Probably no [SOLO BARITONE] 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! [MALE GROUP] Possibly yes Probably no [SOLO BARITONE & MALE GROUP] You knew what you had to do (Possibly yes) You knew why you had to die (Probably no) You chose to die, and then revive again (Man) You chose, you rose alive again (Man) [SOLO BARITONE] But I I don't know why I should live If only to die Well, I'm not gonna buy it! [MALE GROUP] Possibly yes Probably no [SOLO BARITONE & MALE GROUP] I'll never say credo (Possibly yes) How can anybody say credo? (Probably no) I want to say credo [PRERECORDED CHOIR] 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