Great Performances

[ Upbeat music plays ] - I will sing the Lord a new song To praise Him, to bless Him To bless the Lord -Next, on "Great Performances," Marin Alsop leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Leonard Bernstein's visionary theater piece "Mass: For Singers, Players, and Dancers."

- Easy for you to dig my jim jam jive -Tony-Award-winner Paulo Szot stars in this sprawling American music extravaganza.

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The Ravinia Festival production of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" is next.

-This is... my church.

This is where I go to ask questions and to find healing and to find common ground.

-I love walking around the grounds when people are watching other concerts and seeing their intensity -- intense listening, intense back-and-forth between the artist even if they're at the very, very back of the lawn.

There's something very personal here.

It feels like it's our essence and our core as artists, is just in the trees.

This piece, the "Mass" by Leonard Bernstein, is one of the most avant garde -- It's a piece filled with risk.

It's a piece that challenges us.

It's a piece that comes at us with arms wide open and also says, "I'm gonna make you think about the world you live in.

-We have a special responsibility to the arts, for art is the great democrat calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.

-When Bernstein was asked by JFK's widow, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, to write a piece for the opening of the Kennedy Center, he thought, "Okay, what is singular to JFK?

And fact that Kennedy was the only Roman Catholic president came up into his mind, and he said, "Okay.

I'm gonna use the mass -- you know, really, the iconic representation of Catholicism -- to hang all of these ideas on and use it as a structure, a framework, and a journey.

So, it's not really a mass, per se, but he uses all the sections of the mass, all the sort of implications of the offertory, the communion, the confession -- uses all those in a way to tell his story.

-My father had always, of course, been a champion of social justice, of peace.

He put all of that into "Mass."

Also, he was a man of faith.

He was very spiritual.

-It's about something complicated.

It's about a crisis of faith -- My father's crisis of faith, but also, America's crisis of faith, and it was, you know, the early 1970s.

We were still very much in the turbulence of the 1960s, and this is what the piece was born out of.

-It was such a critical moment in the history of the United States, particularly because of the situation in Vietnam, because of the transition to Civil Rights and that whole movement.

It was a hot moment in our history.

-And the opening, of course, was nuts.

So much publicity and excitement.

-It's hard to convey how crazy the whole thing was.

You know, it was the opening of the Kennedy Center, and it was in Washington, D.C., and all the dignitaries were there and then the government brass, and so the whole thing was already mega and, you know, everybody was so gussied up, and the building was opening, and the piece was premiering.

It was all very uncomfortable and nervous making.

-"Mass," I think, is the ultimate moralistic story for Bernstein.

This is the story about tolerance, about questioning, about belief, about love, about unity, about brotherhood.

about humankind.

I think it's one of the most beautiful stories ever told, and it feels more relevant today than in 1971, when it was premiered, and people really didn't know what to make of it.

-So, there's a part in "Mass," where they read from letters.

It's a normal part of the Catholic liturgy, and Kevin Newbury, the director, came up with a fantastic idea, in which, he invited members of the Street Chorus to contribute their own letters that speak to issues that we feel passionate about today or that make us feel, in some way, in prison, and so that lends this production an extra quality of immediacy that, I think, is very powerful.

-[ Singing operatically ] -[ Singing operatically ] - Kyrie - Kyrie eleison - Eleison - Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison - Kyrie - Kyrie eleison - Eleison - Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison - Kyrie Sing God a simple song Lauda, Laude Make it up as you go along Lauda, Laude Sing like you like to sing God loves all simple things For God is the simplest Of all For God is the simplest Of all I will sing the Lord a new song To praise Him, to bless Him To bless the Lord I will sing His praises while I live All of my days Blessed is the man who loves the Lord Blessed is the man who praises Him Lauda, Lauda, Laude And walks in His ways I will lift up my eyes To the hills from whence comes my help I will lift up my voice to the Lord Singing Lauda, Laude For the Lord is my shade Is the shade upon my right hand And the sun shall not smite me by day Nor the moon by night Blessed is the man who loves the Lord Lauda, Lauda, Laude And walks in His ways Lauda, Lauda, Laude Lauda, Lauda Di da di day All of my days - Du bing, du bang, du bong Du bing, du bang, du bong Du ba bing, dong ding, dong ding dong Du ba dingity bing, dingity bang, dingity bong Du bing, du bang, du bong Du bing, du bang, du bong Du bing, du bang, du bong, du bing, du bang - Du bing, du bang, du bong - Du bing, du bang, du bong - Du bing, du bang, du bong - Ding dong, ding dong - Du bing, du bang, du bong - Du bing, du bang, du bong - Du bing, du bang, du bong - Ding dong, ding dong Ding dong - Ding dong, ding dong Ding dong - Du ba dingity bing Dingity bang, dingity bong - Du ba dingity bing Dingity bang, dingity bong - Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Alleluia Alleluia - Du bing, du bang, du bong Du bing, du bang, du bong - Du bing, du bang, du bong Du bing, du bang, du bong - Ding dong, ding dong Ding dong Ding dong, ding dong Ding dong - Du ba dingity bing Dingity bang, dingity bong - Dingity bang, dingity bong - Du ba dingity bing Dingity bang, dingity [ Clacking ] - Kyrie eleison!

Kyrie eleison!

Kyrie eleison!

Kyrie eleison!

Kyrie eleison!

Christe eleison!

Christe eleison!

Christe eleison!

Gloria Patri et Filio Et Spiritui Sancto!

Gloria Patri et Filio Et Spiritui Sancto!

Sicut erat in principio Et nunc et semper - Amen - Amen - Amen - Amen Introibo ad altare Altare Introibo ad Altare dei Ad Deum, Ad Deum Qui laetificat juventutem meam Ad Deum, Ad Deum Qui laetificat juventutem meam - Asperges me, Domine Hyssopo, et mundabor Asperges me, Domine Asperges me Emitte lucem tuam Et veritatem tuam Emitte lucem tuam Et veritatem tuam - Ostende nobis, Domine - Domine - Misericordiam tuam - Vidi aquam egredientem De templo latere dextro - Alleluia!

- Et omnes ad quos pervenit Aqua ista salvi facti sunt Et dicent Alleluia Alleluia-a Alleluia Alleluia-a Alleluia Alleluia-a Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Alleluia-a!

- Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison - Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison - Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison - Kyrie eleison Here I go, up to the altar of God In I go, up I go To God who made me young To God who made me happy To God who makes me happy to be young - Here I go, up to the altar of God - In I go, up I go, in I go Up I go, up I go, up I go To God who made me young To God who made me happy To God who makes me happy to be young Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison!

- Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison!

- Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison!

- Christe eleison!

-Alleluia!

[ Singing in Latin ] -In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

[ Singing in Latin ] -Let us rise and pray.

Almighty Father, bless this house, and bless and protect all who are assembled in it.

- Almighty Father Incline thine ear Bless us and all those Who have gathered here Thine angel send us Who shall defend us All And fill with grace All who dwell In this place Amen -I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary Ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy apostles, Peter and Paul... [ Singing in Latin ] - Lord, I could go confess Good and loud, nice and slow Get this load off my chest Yes, but why, Lord, I don't know What I say I don't feel What I feel I don't show What I show isn't real What is real, Lord, I don't know, no, no, no I don't know I don't know why ev'ry time I find a new love I wind up destroying it I don't know why I'm so crazy-minded I keep on kind of enjoying it Why I drift off to sleep with pledges of deep resolve again Then along comes the day and suddenly they dissolve again I don't know - What I say I don't feel What I feel I don't show What I show isn't real What is real, Lord, I don't know, no, no, no I don't know - Well, I went to the holy man and I confessed Look, I can beat my breast With the best And I'll say almost anything that gets me blessed Upon request It's easy to shake the blame for any crime By trotting out that mea culpa pantomime Yes, yes, I'm sad!

I sinned, I'm bad!

Then go out and do it one more time - I don't know where to start There's so much I could show If I open my heart But how far, Lord But how far can I go?

I don't know - If you ask me to join you in some real good vice Now that might be nice Once or twice But don't look for sacraments or sacrifice They're not worth the price It's easy to have yourself a fine affair Your body's always ready, but your soul's not there Don't count on trust, come love, come lust It's so easy when you just don't care - What I need I don't have What I have I don't own What I own I don't want What I want, Lord, I don't know - If you ask me to sing you verse that's versatile I'll be glad to beguile you For a while But don't look for content beneath the style Sit back and smile It's easy for you to dig my jim-jam jive And, baby, please observe how neatly I survive And what could give more positive Plain proof that living is easy when you're half alive - If I could I'd confess - Easy - Good and loud, nice and slow Slow - Beatam Mariam semper Virginem, precor Beatum Michaelem Archangelum, ideo precor Beatum Joannem Baptistam Sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum Omnes sanctos, et vos, fratres [ Singing in Latin ] - What I say I don't feel What I feel I don't show What I show isn't real What is real, Lord, I don't know, no, no, no I don't know - Come on, Lord If you're so great Show me how, where to go Show me now, I can't wait Maybe it's too late, Lord I don't know - Confiteor -God forgive you.

-God forgive us all.

-God be with you.

-And with your spirit.

-Let us pray.

[ Singing in Latin ] [ Singing in Latin ] -Glory to God in the highest, and peace on Earth to men of good will!

[ Singing in Latin ] - Amen - Amen!

- Half of the people are stoned And the other half are waiting for the next election Half the people are drowned And the other half are swimming In the wrong direction They call it Glorious Living They call it Glorious Living And, baby, where does that leave you?

You and your kind?

[ Singing in Latin ] You and your youth and your mind?

Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Half of the people are stoned And the other half are waiting for the next election - There once were days so bright And nights when ev'ry cricket call seemed right And I sang Gloria Then I sang Gratias Deo I knew a glorious feeling Of thank you and... Thank you The bend of a willow A friend and a pillow A lover whose eyes Could mirror my cries of Gloria... And now It's strange Somehow Though nothing much has really changed I miss the Gloria I don't sing Gratias Deo I can't say quite when it happened But gone is the Thank you - Half the people are drowned And the other half are swimming In the wrong direction -Let us pray.

Dear Brothers: This is the gospel I preach; and in its service I have suffered hardship like a criminal; yea, even unto imprisonment... ...but there is no imprisoning the word of God.

-Dearly beloved, we have people in power who are using hate, fear, and lies to separate us from each other and from the ideals for which our country has come to stand.

As a person in a position of privilege and opportunity, I now realize that we have the power and, more importantly, the responsibility to act as both a sword and a shield for those persons facing oppression from their own government.

[ Applause ] -Dear friends and siblings, I'd like to thank you collectively.

I feel like the luckiest person in the world that you are the people closest to me.

This recovery is about more than just substances.

It's about acknowledging and removing the blocks that were preventing me from growing.

I was never able to get this far on my own.

But I'm not alone anymore, and I have faith that I can make it through the day.

- You can lock up the bold men Go and lock up your bold men and hold men in tow You can stifle all adventure For a century or so Smother hope before it's risen Watch it wizen like a gourd But you cannot imprison the Word of the Lord - No, you cannot imprison the Word of the Lord For the Word For the Word was at the birth of the beginning It made the heavens and the earth and set them spinning And for several million years It's endured all our forums and fine ideas It's been rough It's been rough, but it appears to be winning There are people who doubt it There are people who doubt it and shout it out loud Oh, they bellow and they bluster 'Til they muster up a crowd They can fashion a rebuttal that's as subtle as a sword But they're never gonna scuttle the Word of the Lord - No, they're never gonna scuttle the Word of the Lord -Dear Granny, I hope that you were able to rediscover the heart and spirit of the woman who raised me.

I hope that you know that we still celebrate all of you, everything that you were, and everything that you weren't.

To believe that suicide earns you a one-way ticket to eternal damnation is heart-shattering and absurd.

I know you are cared for.

Just as you cared for me.

-Dear brothers and sisters, please help us.

We are desperate parents.

We are not criminals.

We were not prepared for the nightmare we face here.

It's been more than a year without our children.

They're living in places with strangers.

And each day is more painful than the last.

They no longer recognize our voices.

They cry and feel abandoned and unloved.

[ Applause ] - All you big men of merit All you big men of merit who ferret out flaws You rely on our compliance With your science and your laws Find a freedom to demolish while you polish some award But you cannot abolish the Word of the Lord - No, you cannot abolish the Word of the Lord - For the Word For the Word created mud and got it going It filled our empty brains with blood and set it flowing And for thousands of regimes It's endured all our follies and fancy schemes It's been tough It's been tough, but it seems to be growing O you people of power O you people of power, your hour is now You may plan to rule forever But you never do somehow So we wait in silent treason until reason is restored And we wait for the season of the Word of the Lord We await the season Of the Word of the Lord We wait We wait for the Word of the Lord - God said: Let there be light And there was light - God said Let there be night And there was night - God said: Let there be day And there was - Day to follow the night - And it was good, brother - And it was good, brother - And it was good, brother - And it was damn, damn good - God said: Let there be storms Storms to bring - Life in all of its forms Forms such as herds - And gaggles and swarms Swarms that have - Names and numbers and norms - And it was good, brother - And it was good, brother - And it was good, brother - And it was damn, damn good - God said: Let there be gnats Let there be - Sprats to gobble the gnats So that the - Sprats may nourish the rats Making them - Fat, fine food for the cats - And they grew fat, brother - And they grew fat, brother - All but the gnats, brother - They all grew fearful fat - And God saw it was good - God made it be good - Created it good - Created the - Gnats to nourish the - Sprats to nourish the rats - And all for us big fat cats - Us cats, yow!

And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good - God said it's good to be poor - God said it's good to be poor - Good men must not be secure - Good men must not be secure - So if we steal from you It's just to help you stay pure - It's just to help you stay pure And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good - God said take charge of my zoo - God said take charge of my zoo - I made these creatures for you - I made these creatures for you - So He won't mind if we wipe out a species or two - Wipe out a species or two And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good - God said to spread His commands - God said to spread His commands - To folks in faraway lands - To folks in faraway lands - They may not want us there But, man, it's out of our hands - But, man, it's out of our hands And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good - God said that sex should repulse - God said that sex should repulse - Unless it leads to results - Unless it leads to results - And so we crowd the world Full of consenting adults - Full of consenting adults And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good And it was good - God said it's good to be meek God said it's good -to be meek - And so we are once a week - And so we are once a week - It may not mean a lot But, oh, it's terribly chic - But, oh, it's terribly chic And it was good And it was good And it was good - God made us the boss - God made us the boss - God gave us the cross - God gave us the cross - We turned it into a sword - We turned it into a sword - To spread the Word of the Lord - To spread the Word of the Lord - We use His holy decrees - We use His holy decrees - To do whatever we please - To do whatever we please Yeah - And it was good Yeah, and it was good, yeah And it was damn, damn good - God said: Let there be light And there was light - God said Let there be night And there was night - God said: Let there be day And there was - Day to follow the night - And it was good, brother - And it was good, brother - And it was good, brother - And it was... -I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord -- - Credo in unum Deum Patrem omnipotentem Factorem caeli et terrae Visibilium omnium et invisibilium Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum Filium Dei unigenitum Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero Genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri: Per quem omnia facta sunt Qui propter nos homines Et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto Ex Maria Virgine: et homo factus est - Et homo factus est - And was made man - And was made man - 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 made the choice when to live When to die And then become a god again - And was made man - And was made man - And then a plaster god like you Has the gall to tell me what to do To become a man To pay 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?

- 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 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 - 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 - You said you'd come again When?

When things got really rough So you made us all suffer While they got a bit rougher, tougher and tougher Well, things are tough enough So when's your next appearance on the scene?

I'm ready Hurry Went to church for clearance and I'm clean and steady Hurry While I'm waiting I can get my bags packed Flags own, shoes blacked, wings sewn on Oh, don't you worry I could even learn to play the harp You know it Show it Hurry Hurry and come again - Sedet ad dexteram Patris Et iterum venturus est cum gloria judicare Vivos et mortuos: Cujus regni non erit nis Non eritfinis... World without end - Whispers of living, echoes of warning Phantoms of laughter on the edges of morning World without end spins endlessly on Only the men who lived here are gone Gone on a permanent vacation Gone to await the next creation World without end at the end of the world Lord, don't you know it's the end of the world?

Lord, don't you care if it all ends today?

Sometimes I'd swear that you planned it this way Dark are the cities, dead is the ocean Silent and sickly are the remnants of motion World without end turns mindlessly round Never a sentry, never a sound No one to prophesy disaster No one to help it happen faster No one to expedite the fall No one to soil the breeze No one to oil the seas No one to anything, no one to anything No one to anything at all - Et in Spiritum Sanctum [ All singing indistinctly ] - Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

- I believe in God, but does God believe in me?

I'll believe in any god if any god there be That's a pact, shake on that, no taking back I believe in one God, but then I believe in three I'll believe in 20 gods if they'll believe in me That's a pact, shake on that, no taking back Who created my life?

Made me come to be?

Who accepts this awful responsibility?

Is there someone out there?

If there is, then who?

Are you list'ning to this song I'm singing just for you?

I believe my singing Do you believe it too?

I believe each note I sing, but is it getting through?

I believe in F sharp I believe in G But does it mean a thing to you or should I change my key?

How do you like A-flat?

Do you believe in C?

- Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub - Do you believe in anything that has to do with me?

- I believe in God, but does God believe in me?

I'll believe in 30 gods if they'll believe in me That's a pact, shake on that, no taking back - I'll believe in sugar and spice I'll believe in ev'rything nice I'll believe in you and you and you and who... Who'll believe in me?

-Let us pray.

[ Crying ] Let us pray!

- De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine Ad te, Domine Domine, audi vocem meam Fiant aures tuae intentae ad vocem obsecrationis meae Si delictorum memoriam servaveris, Domine Quis sustenebit?

[ Singing in Latin ] Sed penes te est peccatorum venia Ut cum reverentia serviatur tibi Spero in Dominum, sperat anima mea in verbum eius Spero Sperat -Memento, Domine.

Remember, O Lord, thy servants and handmaids... and all here present, whose faith is known to Thee, and for whom we offer up this sacrifice.

We beseech Thee, in the fellowship of communion, graciously to accept it and grant peace to our days.

- Exspectat anima mea Dominum -[ Singing in Latin ] - Magis quam custodes auroram -[ Singing in Latin ] - Exspectet Israel - Dominum quia penes Dominum - Misericordia - I et copiosa Penes eum redemptio: Et ipse redimet Israel Ex omnibus iniquitatibus eius Gloria Patri [ Clapping rhythmically ] - Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done On earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us Our trespasses As we forgive those Who trespass against us And lead us Not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen When the thunder rumbles Now the Age of Gold is dead And the things we've clung to Dying to stay young Have left us parched and old instead When my courage crumbles When I feel confused and frail When my spirit falters On decaying altars And my illusions fail I go on right then I go on again I go on To say I will celebrate Another day I go on If tomorrow tumbles And everything I love is gone I will face regret All my days, and yet I will still Go on On Lauda, Lauda, Laude Lauda, Lauda di da di day Lauda, Lauda di da di day [ Bell ringing ] Holy!

Holy!

Holy is the Lord God of Hosts!

Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory!

- Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloriae tuae Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloriae tuae Osanna Osanna Osanna Benedictus qui venit in nomine Qui venit in nomine Domini Osanna Osanna Osanna in excelsis - Mi Mi Mi alone Is only me But mi with sol Me with soul Mi sol Means a song is beginning Is beginning to grow Make wing and rise up singing From me and my soul Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Mmm mmmmmm - Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Ts'vaot M'lo chol Haaretz k'vodo Singing holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts All the heavens and earth Are full of His glory Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Ts'vaot M'lo chol Haaretz k'vodo Baruch Ha'ba B'shem Adonai B'shem Adonai Sanctus Sanctus - Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere, miserere nobis Miserere, miserere nobis - Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere, miserere nobis Miserere, miserere nobis Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Dona nobis pacem Dona nobis pacem Pacem, pacem -Hoc est enim Corpus Meum.

- Dona nobis pacem -Hic est enim Calix Sanguinis Mei!

- Dona nobis pacem -Hostiam puram!

- Dona nobis pacem -Hostiam sanctam.

- Dona nobis pacem -Hostiam immaculatam.

- Dona nobis pacem - Pacem, pacem, pacem Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Dona nobis pacem Dona nobis pacem Pacem, pacem -Let us pray.

- Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis -Non sum dignus, Domine.

- Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis -I am not worthy, Lord.

- Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Dona nobis pacem -Corpus!

- Pacem -Calix!

- Pacem Pacem Dona nobis pacem -Panem!

- Nobis pacem Pacem Dona nobis pacem -Ah!

- Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona Dona nobis Nobis pacem, pacem dona - We're not down on our knees We're not praying We're not asking you please, we're just saying - Give us peace now and peace to hold on to And, God, give us some reason to want to Dona nobis, dona nobis You worked six days and rested on Sunday We can tear the whole mess down in one day Give us peace now, and we don't mean later Don't forget you were once our Creator Dona nobis, dona nobis We've got quarrels and qualms and such questions Give us answers, not psalms and suggestions - Give us peace that we don't keep on breaking Give us something, or we'll just start taking Dona nobis, dona nobis We're fed up with your heavenly silence And we only get action with violence So if we can't have the world we desire Lord, we'll have to set this one on fire Dona nobis, dona nobis We're fed up with your heavenly silence And we only get action with violence So if we can't have the world we desire Lord, we'll have to set this one on fire Dona nobis, dona nobis We're fed up with your heavenly silence And we only get action with violence So if we can't have the world we desire Lord, we'll have to set this one on fire Dona nobis, dona nobis We're fed up with your heavenly silence And we only get action with violence So if we can't have the world we desire Lord, we'll have to set this one on fire Dona nobis, dona nobis - Pacem Pacem Pacem [ Gasping ] Look.

Isn't that odd?

Red wine Isn't red At all It's sort of brown Brown and blue I never noticed that What are you staring at?

Haven't you ever seen an accident before?

Look.

Isn't that odd?

Glass shines Brighter When it's broken I never noticed that How easily Things get broken [ Breathing heavily ] How easily Things get broken Glass And brown wine Thick like blood Rich like honey and blood Hey.

Don't you find that funny?

I mean, it's supposed to be blood.

I mean, it is blood His It was How easily Things get broken What are you staring at?

Haven't you ever seen an accident before?

Come on, come on, admit it Confess it was fun Wasn't it?

You know it was exciting to see what I've done Come on, you know you loved it You're dying for more Wasn't it smashing to see it all come crashing Right down to the floor Right You were right, little brothers You were right all along Little brothers and sisters, it was I who was wrong So earnest, so solemn, as stiff as a column "Lauda, Lauda, Laude" Little brothers and sisters, you were right all along It's got to be exciting It's got to be strong Come on Come on and join me Come join in the fun Shatter and splatter, pitcher and platter What do we care?

We won't be there What does it matter?

What does it matter?

Our Father Who art in heaven Haven't you ever seen an accident before?

Listen Isn't that odd?

We can be So still Still and Numb How easily Things get quiet Quiet God is very ill We must All be very still His voice Has grown so small Almost Not there at all Don't you cry Lullaby Sleep Sleep Shh!

Shh!

Pray, pray You sons of men Don't let Him die again Stay Oh, stay Domine Stay.

Why are you waiting?

Just go on without me, stop waiting What is there about me that you've been respecting And what have you all been expecting to see?

Take a look, there is nothing but me under this There is nothing you'll miss Put it on, and you'll see any one of you Can be any one of me What?

Are you still waiting?

Still waiting for me Me alone to sing you into heaven Well, you're on your own Come on, say it What has happened to all of your vocal powers?

Sing it, pray it Where's that mumbo and jumbo I've heard for hours?

Praying and pouting, braying and shouting litanies Chanting epistles, bouncing your missals on your knees Go on whining, pining, moaning, intoning Groaning obscenities Why have you stopped praying?

Stopped your Kyrieing?

Where is your crying and complaining?

Where is your lying and profaning?

Where is your agony, where is your malady?

Where is your parody of God Said Let there be and there was God said Let there Beatam Mariam semper Virginem Beatam miss the Gloria I don't sing Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuamen Amen, Amen I'm in a hurry And come again When You said You'd come Come love, come lust It's so easy if you just don't care Lord, don't you care If it all ends today Profundis clamavi Clamavi Ad te, Domine Ad Dominum Ad Dom-- Adonai don't know I don't nobis Miserere nobis Mi Mi alone Is only me But mi with s-- Me with s-- Mi Oh, I suddenly feel Every step I've ever taken And my legs are lead And I suddenly see Every hand I've ever shaken And my arms are dead I feel every psalm That I've ever sung Turn to wormwood Wormwood on my tongue And I wonder Oh, I wonder Was I ever really young?

Was I ever really young?

It's odd How all my body trembles Like all this mass Of glass on the floor How fine it would be To rest my head And lay me down Down in the wine Which never was really red But sort of Brown And let not Another word Be spoken Oh How easily Things get broken [ Gasping ] [ Gasps ] - Sing God a secret song Lauda, Laude - Lauda Lauda Laude - Lauda Lauda Laudate - Laude Deum - Laudate Eum - Lauda Laude Lauda Laude Laude Deum Laude Eum - Lauda Lauda Laudate - Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum - Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum - Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Laude - Laudate Deum - Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Deum - Lauda - Lauda - Deum - Deum - Pax tecum - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Deum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Lauda, Laudate Eum - Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda Deum, Laudate Eum - Lauda, Laude - Lauda, Laude - Laudate Deum - Laudate Deum - Deum - Deum - Deum - Lauda - Almighty Father Incline Thine ear Bless us And all those Who have gathered here Thine angel send us Thine angel send us Who shall defend us all Who shall defend us all And fill with grace All who dwell In this place Amen Amen -The Mass is ended.

Go in peace.

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