We Are

The lyrics present a speaker or group that repeatedly identifies itself as “one thirty-eight,” as if a number has replaced an individual identity. The mood shifts from a forceful, almost chant-like declaration to questions about whether the speakers seem cold or artificial. The lines about losing pleasantries and being stripped of what they were suggest a change that feels dehumanizing.

The images of a “robot” and an “android” contrast mechanical behavior with being human. “Robot clean” may suggest an unnaturally polished or emotionless appearance, while “this face” raises the possibility that the speakers are being judged by how they look. “In the eyes of tiger” is an unclear phrase: it could evoke a fierce gaze or a threatening perspective, but the lyrics do not explain it. The repeated “eight” at the end may emphasize the number pattern, though its exact meaning is not stated.

The song can be read as a protest against being reduced to a label or made to conform until people seem interchangeable. Yet “we are” also sounds like a shared identity, so the number might mark solidarity rather than only loss. The lyrics leave open whether the speakers are actually changing, being treated as machines, or using exaggerated, strange language to express alienation.