No refuge could save the hireling and slave 

From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, 

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave 

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

F.S. Keyes, The Star-Spangled Banner

i knew about the part they leave out, and the part about bombs they celebrate, but the film who we are puts a powerful focus on what the whole damned song really means. the star-spangled banner waves over the land like a perpetual threat.