I thought this ended the album on a very different note than their self-titled one. When Megaman initially refuses to fight Protoman, he is eventually goaded into raising his arm cannon and killing him, both by Protoman's taunting the defeat of man, and the crowd surrounding them both. In this song, I imagine Tom Light being alone, run down after the death of Joe and Emily. Fighting against Wily has taken away so much from him that he can't imagine going on.
He feels destroyed by his own power. Where once he proudly exercised his control over steel, he now fears that the strength of his own machines will destroy him. Only when he remembers how much there is still at stake, does he rise from the self-imposed guilt that has anchored him since The State vs Thomas Light, forget the death behind him, and set his sight on the vengeance to come. Despite everything that has happened to him, and how hopeless the future for humanity appears, he chooses to fight. Here comes the arm.
I thought this ended the album on a very different note than their self-titled one. When Megaman initially refuses to fight Protoman, he is eventually goaded into raising his arm cannon and killing him, both by Protoman's taunting the defeat of man, and the crowd surrounding them both. In this song, I imagine Tom Light being alone, run down after the death of Joe and Emily. Fighting against Wily has taken away so much from him that he can't imagine going on.
He feels destroyed by his own power. Where once he proudly exercised his control over steel, he now fears that the strength of his own machines will destroy him. Only when he remembers how much there is still at stake, does he rise from the self-imposed guilt that has anchored him since The State vs Thomas Light, forget the death behind him, and set his sight on the vengeance to come. Despite everything that has happened to him, and how hopeless the future for humanity appears, he chooses to fight. Here comes the arm.