"World, O World is the final track on Jacob Collier’s 2024 album, Djesse Vol 4.

Duration: 6½ minutes

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World, O world, you’ve been my home,
Now it’s time for me to go,
Give me the wings to fly.

Sun did rise and sun did fall,
You’ve been with me through it all,
Always keeping by my side.

Love, O love, you’ve been a friend,
Now the road must reach an end,
Come, it is time to go.

Time is swift to come to pass,
Nothing stays, and nothing lasts,
Always moving on and on.

And when I call your name,
I think I love again,
I lay my world upon your hands again.

And when you hold my pain,
I feel my fire again,
You are my soul, oh take me home.

Until we meet again, goodbye.

Jacob Collier
Recognized by audiences, critics and fellow musicians alike as one of the most gifted young artists of modern times, 29-year-old Jacob Collier already boasts a seemingly endless list of achievements including six Grammy wins – which saw him become the first British act in history to win a Grammy for each of his first four albums – along with 12 Grammy nominations including Album of the Year in 2021. His roster of collaborators is astoundingly varied and vibrant, recording and performing with UK music icons like Coldplay and Stormzy, American superstars such as SZA, Alicia Keys and John Mayer, to Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and Moroccan Gnawa mâalem Hamid El Kasri. Each artist has sought out Collier’s distinct musical identity, cementing his status as the conduit for a generation’s ineffable creativity.

Jacob has recently completed the finale of his 4 Volume epic Djesse series, with Volume 4 released on February 29th, 2024. Its songs include luminary collaborators such as: Brandi Carlile, Shawn Mendes, aespa and Kirk Franklin, alongside 150,000+ voices from audiences he recorded all around the world.