Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers I: X. Credo: 2. Trope: "Non Credo"

Et homo factus est
And was made man …
And was made man
And you become 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
And then a plaster god like you …
A God like you too …
Has the gall to tell me what to do
To become a man
To show my respect on my knees …
Be like a man
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?
Possibly yes, probably no …
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!
Possibly yes, probably no …
You knew what you had to do
You knew why you had to die
Man
Man
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!
Possibly yes, probably no …
I’ll never say credo
How can anybody say credo?
I want to say credo …
(Tape Six.)
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