Talk:Nevermore (song)/@comment-4141313-20190213082720/@comment-4141313-20190213162619

Arguably it was getting that scar in the first place that sent him down the path to becoming who he is today. He hates humans for what they've done to him, so he joined the WF.

Adam: People hurt me long before we met... All sorts of people in all sorts of ways...

''Born with no life, Into subjugation. Treated like a worthless animal''

He tried to do things for the sake of the Faunus at first...

Adam: Our kind's been beaten, murdered, treated like dogs! Taking this Dust is only illegal in the eyes of the same people that call us animals. We may not want them to know who we are, but we should make sure they never forget what we looked like. Now - it's time we got what we deserved.

...And seemed to feel remorse for killing the bandit to save Ghira, but after he was Lionized for killing humans by Sienna, he started to feel less and less bad for his actions, rationalizing it as getting what he deserved.

Adam: It's time I got what I deserved.

Sienna's actions ultimately warped his perception. Just listen to the lyrics of Lionize and then compare them to Adam when he firsts dons his mask, then right after he kills Sienna.

So Adam was twisted by the incident that gave him his scar, and warped by being enabled by Sienna. He became entitled, thinking himself a messiah of sorts to the Faunus.

''You'll see I'm their hero I'll be lionized I have the strength to do what's needed Unify our people with no compromise Champion the truth until they recognize Lead them to salvation and regain our lives''

Blake leaving him however broke his delusion. He was supposed to be the hero, the protagonist in a tale of revolution. But she didn't believe he was.

Adam: I just get scared when I feel like you don't believe in me anymore.

Cause what is Adam if he isn't the hero? He's a killer, he's a coward, he's selfish. Something he on some level knew. During his final conflict with Blake, he was projecting his own flaws onto her:

Adam: I wouldn't have to be doing this if you just behaved! But you're selfish! You're a coward!

Blake: You're delusional...!

And Blake leaving broke that delusion. So why did he chase after her? Because he felt she belonged to him, that she was supposed to be by his side per his delusion. If he was the Hero, she was his love interest. He wouldn't leave her alone because his delusion was all he had left. Blake telling him to leave was to him telling him to give up who he was.

Adam: Just forget it all? Is that what you did to me?! You just threw our memories away?!

Cause this image of a messiah is who he built himself to be. He was transformed from a man trying to make a difference into thinking he was the hero of a story, when really he was just a villain.

He lost his way and fell Into shadows.

He became a monster in his quest to hurt those that hurt him. When Blake realized that, she left him believing he ''Lost his way. ''

After Blake stopped him at Haven and he abandoned the WF for the sake of pursuing the source of his hate and spite, he was nothing more than a ''destroyed life. ''

He had nothing left. And knowing how Adam is, had he succeeded in killing Blake and Yang, its entirely possible if not likely he'd have ended his own life too. Adam's life was figuratively gone from the moment he gave into his hate and spite, as Blake and Yang both gave him the choice to leave, but by then his soul was ''consumed. ''

And it cost him his actual life.

This particular stanza seems to only represent Blake's feelings on the matter, but it still shows she acknowledges that Adam's death is not a cause of celebration. She had to kill someone she had thought lost his way, who she knows wasn't always evil. His blood stains her hands, and while he can never hurt her again, Blake can now never truly be freed from his memory.

The song is afterall a Duet. While the chorus may represent both Blake and Yang's ultimate feelings on the matter, Blake can easily have conflicting feelings. Relief he can't hurt them anymore, but sorrow for having to kill him in the first place.