"Why Don't You Show Yourself" from Words with Gods.

In November 2023, Gabriel said that his song "What Lies Ahead" would also appear on the follow-up to I/O. Gabriel had performed "What Lies Ahead" on a few occasions for his I/O The Tour in 2023. One day prior to I/Os release, Gabriel told The New York Times that he did not expect a follow-up album (which he described as his "brain project") to take another 21 years,