I interpret it as being about war and violence, in particular that which stems from ignorance.
Their description of 'Day Two' always reminds me of those stories you here about innocent civillians getting shot in war zones when they're mistaken (or in some cases 'mistaken') for enemies. It's got that whole feel of being scared of something you don't know much about ('Radar's going off'). 'Text reads "Big Danger" // But this just looks tired', makes me think Le Tigre are perhaps hinting at the effects of authority influence, and how sometimes people can end up changing their minds or actions because of an authority figure or propaganda. They think 'Now here's alright' because this supposed threat has been killed.
'Day 3' seems to talk about the aftermath of the previous day. Now that they've killed this 'Big Danger', they've realised that it was actually harmless. 'Control killed a phantom // From inside their heads' could describe how what they thought they were killing wasn't actually real, but instead just a 'phantom' they'd conjoured up 'inside their heads'.
Now 'nowhere's alright' because even the innocent are getting attacked.
Just a theory, mind. But it seems to strike upon the same note as 'Bang Bang!', about how quickly people can jump to (wrong) conclusions, and the damage that does in today's society where everyone owns a gun and there's a constant war.
I interpret it as being about war and violence, in particular that which stems from ignorance.
Their description of 'Day Two' always reminds me of those stories you here about innocent civillians getting shot in war zones when they're mistaken (or in some cases 'mistaken') for enemies. It's got that whole feel of being scared of something you don't know much about ('Radar's going off'). 'Text reads "Big Danger" // But this just looks tired', makes me think Le Tigre are perhaps hinting at the effects of authority influence, and how sometimes people can end up changing their minds or actions because of an authority figure or propaganda. They think 'Now here's alright' because this supposed threat has been killed.
'Day 3' seems to talk about the aftermath of the previous day. Now that they've killed this 'Big Danger', they've realised that it was actually harmless. 'Control killed a phantom // From inside their heads' could describe how what they thought they were killing wasn't actually real, but instead just a 'phantom' they'd conjoured up 'inside their heads'.
Now 'nowhere's alright' because even the innocent are getting attacked.
Just a theory, mind. But it seems to strike upon the same note as 'Bang Bang!', about how quickly people can jump to (wrong) conclusions, and the damage that does in today's society where everyone owns a gun and there's a constant war.