[Intro] The long war was over. They crossed back to their own, and there beside the Jordan they raised an altar of stone. [Verse 1] What did you raise by the river, brother, so high the whole valley can see? Have you forgotten Peor already, the plague still hanging on you and me? One man took plunder at Jericho and wrath came down on everyone. Turn from the LORD by the Jordan today and tomorrow it falls on our sons. If your side is unclean, come across it. There's room with us, there's ground. But don't raise an altar against Him and drag the rest of us down. [Pre-Chorus] We gathered at Shiloh with swords in our hands, but Phinehas went to the ford, ten princes beside him, a prince for each house, to ask with his mouth, not his sword. [Chorus] There's a river between us and a stone on the shore, and the same God on either side. Call it Witness, call it Ed, let it stand when we're dead, for the water runs deep, but it isn't that wide. [Verse 2] Brother, the God above all gods knows why, and now you'll know it too. If we built this thing for offerings, then do what you came to do. We were afraid your sons someday would tell our sons, you're not our kin. What part have you got in the LORD? The river shuts you out. Don't come in. It's not for fire, it's not for blood. It's a copy cut to the pattern of His, so our children can point and tell your children, we belong to the LORD. Look at this. [Chorus] There's a river between us and a stone on the shore, and the same God on either side. Call it Witness, call it Ed, let it stand when we're dead, for the water runs deep, but it isn't that wide. [Bridge] Now we know the LORD is with us. You have kept us from His hand. No one will speak of war again. We'll bless God where we stand. [Final Chorus] There's a river between us and a stone on the shore, and the same God on either side. Call it Witness, call it Ed, let it stand when we're dead, for the water runs deep, but it isn't that wide.