[Intro] I carried him all my life. I never once turned from the road, till the morning I saw what he couldn't, and I turned, and I wouldn't go. [Verse 1] The king of Moab looked out on the plain and the tents ran as far as the sky. He sent his princes up the river road with silver for my master's eye. God said, don't go. They're blessed. The king sent greater men instead. Go, God said, but speak only My word. He saddled me when the east was red. [Pre-Chorus] They paid him for his seeing. He couldn't see the road. But up on the high place God opened his eyes, and he spoke. [Chorus] A star out of Jacob, far off, but coming true. A king's rod lifting from Israel's tents, and Moab will feel it too. He came to curse, and he blessed them. There was nothing else he could do. [Verse 2] A man stood in the road with a sword. I went off into the field. He struck me. Between the vineyard walls I pressed so tight I crushed his foot on the stone. He struck me. In the narrow place I lay down. He struck me with his staff. God gave me words. I said, three times? What have I done to you? I've carried you since I was yours. Have I ever done this? He said no. And God opened his eyes, and he saw it too. [Chorus] A star out of Jacob, far off, but coming true. A king's rod lifting from Israel's tents, and Moab will feel it too. He came to curse, and he blessed them. There was nothing else he could do. [Bridge] Seven altars on the high place, a bull and a ram on each. Curse them, said the king. He opened his mouth and a blessing came out of his speech. Then Pisgah. Then Peor. Blessing, blessing. The king struck his hands in his rage. Fill me a house with silver and gold, I couldn't bend a word He gave. [Final Chorus] A star out of Jacob, far off, but coming true. A king's rod lifting from Israel's tents, and Moab will feel it too. He came to curse, and he blessed them. There was nothing else he could do. I saw the angel down on the road. He saw the star from the hill.