World O World is the final track on Jacob Collier’s 2024 album, Djesse Vol 4. This simplified edition, which makes the work more approachable to smaller and/or less advanced choirs, has been approved by the composer.

Duration: 6½ minutes

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

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

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

Time is swift to come to pass,
Nothing stays, and nothing lasts,
Always moving on, moving on, and on,
Always moving 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,
Until we meet again,
Until we meet again,
Meet again,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye.

Jacob Collier
Beloved by audiences and heralded by fellow musicians and critics alike as one of the most gifted, trail-blazing artists of modern times, Jacob Collier has already taken the creative world by storm. His joyous and genre-bending 5-album discography to date has led to six GRAMMY wins along with 12 GRAMMY nominations, including Album of the Year in 2021, making Collier the first British artist to win a Grammy for each of his first 4 albums.

Collier paints with a vast array of musical brushes, crafting intricate harmonies, rhythmic shapes and melodic colours, creating a multi sensory world for his fans and with his collaborators across the globe. This infectiously joyous approach to music has attracted a roster of some 100+ collaborators to date – from Coldplay to SZA, Colombian superstar Camilo to K-Pop supergroup aespa, right through to Malian singer Oumou Sangaré to legendary composer Hans Zimmer.

Jacob has recently completed the finale of his 4 Volume epic Djesse series, with Volume 4 released on February 29th, 2024, featuring some 30+ collaborators alongside 150,000+ voices from audiences he recorded all around the world during is 2022 world tour.

Though Jacob has already achieved more than most artists could hope for in a lifetime, he is still restlessly creative. With such an ineffable and unpredictable career to date, the only certainty is that Jacob will continue to surprise and delight, no matter which avenue he explores next.