The Voice
Forces United Lyrics

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
Can you perceive the flag in the early morning light?

What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
What we are so proud of in the last sight of light?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
The flag was waving gallantly amidst the dangerous war.

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
In the midst of the explosions and blasts, the flag was flying high proving its existence.

O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Is our beloved flag still flying high over this free and brave country?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
On the distant shore where the enemy silently rests.

What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
What is half-seen through the mist by the partially revealing wind?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, 'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
The flag is revealed in its shining glory, reflecting in the stream, and may it keep flying high over this free and brave nation forever.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Where are those boastful people who promised that we would never be defeated and lose our country to war and chaos?

Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
Their blood cleansed their sins and faults. No one was spared from the terror of the battle, neither the hired soldiers nor the slaves.

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And now the victory flag waves over this free and brave country.

O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation! Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Let this be our constant state when free men stand together to protect their homes, blessed with victory and peace, and thankful to the divine power that created and saved this nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto - "In God is our trust," And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
We must conquer when our cause is just and our motto is 'In God We Trust,' and victory will once again wave the flag over the land of the free and the home of the brave.