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Released on July 10, 2020, “He Won’t Hold You” is the fourth single from Djesse, Vol. 3, the third installment of Jacob Collier’s ambitious four-volume project “Djesse”.
Collier premiered this song a day earlier in an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, discussing that the song was written to explore the...
[Intro: Jacob Collier]
He won't hold you
Like I do, no
He won't bring out
The love in you
[Verse 1: Jacob Collier]
(He won't hold you)
I've been feeling down and out lately
(Like I do)
Baby, since you left me
(He won't hold you)
It's been so long since your body held me
(Like I do)
Won't you come and save me?
(He won't hold you)
I never was misunderstood, baby
(Like I do)
Since the day you met me
(He won't hold you)
Now I'm lost, I'm on my own, I feel so lonely
(Like I do)
Won't you resurrect me?
[Chorus: Jacob Collier]
(He won't hold you)
And all across from all around
The people make a people sound
They dance along the avenue
Of what I thought I knew
(He won't hold you)
And all across from all around
The people make a people sound (He won't)
They dance along the avenue
Of what I am to you
[Post-Chorus: Jacob Collier]
I won't be alright
I won't be alright
I won't be alright
And I won't be alright (Say it again)
[Verse 2: Rapsody]
Things rearrange, we miss what is not the same
I learned the value of what we had, taught by pain
Caught the rain, used it to wash my wounds
Learned the other side's grass wasn't as green
I bloomed, I grew
Took separation to get closer to you
You didn't let go and I held on too
Your arms were my armor
Karma cut us loose
You learned value, I learned truth
No one holds me down the way you do
But your feelings I let spill over and over and over
Just to cover for insecurities I couldn't show to Him
I had to face myself, my fears, my fails
Now I know there's nothing I can't do
I dance in the rain knowin' I can swim too
Found liberation, found my freedom
Where it begins is without you
I understand now
My only one, without you
[Chorus: Jacob Collier]
(He won't hold you)
And all across from all around
The people make a people sound
They dance along the avenue
Of what I thought I knew
(He won't hold you)
And all across from all around (Across from all around)
The people make a people sound (The people sound)
They dance along the avenue (The avenue)
Of what I am to you
[Post-Chorus: Jacob Collier]
I won't be alright
I won't be alright
I won't be alright (Be alright)
And I won't be alright
[Outro: Jacob Collier]
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm
He Won’t Hold You was written by Rapsody & Jacob Collier.
He Won’t Hold You was produced by Jacob Collier.
Jacob Collier released He Won’t Hold You on Fri Jul 10 2020.