Lyrics for We Are 138 as interpreted by 66exeter

We Are 138 Lyrics
we are 138, we are 138, we are 138 we are 138, we are 138, we are 138 we are 138, we are 138 in the eyes of tiger do you think we're robot clean does this face look almost mean is it time to be an android not a man the pleasantries are gone we're stripped of all we were in the eyes of tiger we are 138, we are 138, we are 138 we are 138, we are 138, we are 138 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

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diablo
02-04-2002

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WHAT?!?!?!?
You DON'T know?!?!?!?
GEEEEEEEEESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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kinbackhimself
04-15-2002

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we are 138- its from some old robot horror movie

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kinbackhimself
04-19-2002

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I acredit Andy bechum for the above stateemtn


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•·¨Pøisøn·Päle¨·•
06-18-2002

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Jerry Only says that "138" is from the George Lucas film, and it pretty much means humans being given a number, and 138 is that number. Shit like that. However, the WRITER of the song, Glenn Danzig stated, "They didn't write the song and they don't know what the fuck it's about. It's about violence." I personally think Danzig was being kind of bitter about it and didn't want Jerry to be right. But that's my opinion.

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xTinkerBell138x
08-02-2002

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my 138 is cooler than your 138... lol, me and my boy have like this huge secret meaning to 138 and no one can figure out why i like the number so damn much... it bugs the hell outta people...

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Omega6_Virus
09-04-2002

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Poison Pale is right. It's from an idea of the film THX-1138. That is the sign of a person in a future world who has a number and not a name. Go watch the movie, it's quite good. Since THX-1138 would be to hard to sing, they shortened it to 138. Poison is exactly correct in this case. I also believe that Glenn was just pissed about it.

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Dani1568
09-09-2002

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69*2 my friends, 69*2

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badreligionpigeon
03-04-2003

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well 138 in police codes or whatever means dead so it would be we are dead which makes sense and i kinda agree with ?'"P?Ple"'? what ever the hell that means good song

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badreligionpigeon
03-04-2003

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well in police codes 138 means dead so i think it means we are dead but what the hell do i know im not a genuis !

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nazipunksfuckoff
03-05-2003

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i dont know what it means but this is a great song anyways, it could mean we are dead...

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KattHikarioftheTurks
03-06-2003

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Hm..If I remember right, the Police Code 138 is the code for grave robbing..I think..108 is for murder I think..but, uh yeah. I love the Misfits. Let's all thank my brother for raising me listening to these guys! (also, Graves can lick my ass.)

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Omega6_Virus
04-10-2003

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Not to be a smarty-pants, but 137 is murder/death/kill, not 138 or 108.

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Omega6_Virus
04-10-2003

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I don't mean to be a smarty-pants, but 187 is a murder/death/kill, not 138 or 108.

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IRageHardcore
04-26-2003

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its definitely the movie one so quit with the police theories.

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moloko_vellcoet
05-09-2003

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the number 138 is from george lucas's first film thx-1138 mentioned above and its basically the number given to human beings from my understandin......i've never seen the movie so not entirely sure but the misfits originally told people when they were asked about the number"what you don't know what 138 means?" kinda as a joke.....but eventually glen started tellin people he got the number from some old science fiction book and that it was the name of the main character but from what i hear the character in the named book doesn't exist...i guess it was another joke of sorts.... so sumone confronted one of the other misfits i....'m guessin jerry not entirely sure here eitehr...... he said it was from the movie thx-1138 and that it wasn't from a book or police code for anything or 69x2

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JeffKaos71
11-26-2004

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I don't think Police codes are the same in every city.

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iam138
01-16-2005

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69x2 as in?

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LIFEUNKNOWN
02-06-2005

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69x2=138

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LIFEUNKNOWN
02-06-2005

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i thinks it's from an old book called 'anthem' written by ayn rand. Set in the distant future, Anthem the story of a collectivist society where the word “I” has been eradicated from the language, crushing the very notion of individualism. and the people in the books name's are numbers like 138. and one person says we instead of i. (i.e. "we jumped" instead of "i jumped")

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danzig138
07-03-2005

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i thought this song was written by danzig to the oriniginal 138 member of the fiend club

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joeytheboy
07-17-2005

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Im sure the point of the song is personal, "138" means something different to everyone one who hears it. because its a random number on first inspection it doesnt mean anything specific and at the same time it can mean something very important to one person.
I think it is about identity in that way. We are all 138, but 138 is what you make of it.
i think all these theories are very interesting, especially the police code one.
i'd like to ask though, has anyone ever considered it might be some racist/neo-nazi reference?
the number 18 is often used by neo-nazis as AH (adolf hitler) are the first and eighth letters of the alphabet.
If Glenn Danzig really did consider all these different themes; police codes, THX-1138, surpression and expression of individuality etc then i think he probably knew of those possible racist connotations.

i love the misfits and this song but ive always been open to the fact that they might have been quite backwards politically.

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HorrorDoll
09-05-2005

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It's my area code...backwards =)

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suburban
10-09-2005

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Police codes:

1 - Acknowledge this Call

38 - Simple Assault

He pronounces it 1-38 and not 138. So I think that that's it, especially since Danzig himself said "It's about violence"

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E6PUNK
01-07-2006

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I like the live version better

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Rapala46
01-07-2006

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Haha....the real answer is found on the Fiend club newsletter. Here ya go...

http://www.geocities.com/thefiendclub2000/bdvol3no3.html

Looks like Diablo knows what he is talking about:
"what?! you don't know!?!?"

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