[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Calico

Ugh, I can't remember the interview source (maybe someone else can) but I think she said once that it was essentially about her mother (which you can also tell from the lyrics..) I'll have to drag out my thesis bibliography if nobody else can remember.

But yes, she put ni the XX so people can fill it with whoever they want the song to be about.

I recall the source was the ALL NIGHT NIPPON interview with Ayu that masa translated.

Though we have seldom met nor talked together recently, I've noticed now in my age that I had learned a lot from that person in many senses. I've looked at the person as a woman, Hamasaki Mariko, for twenty years and thought I would not like to be a woman like her and would not like to make the same mistakes as hers. I've learned a lot from my mother in such senses. Sorry for my nasal voice. Honestly speaking, there are no points in her at all I like or I dislike, maybe because I've never looked at that person as a human. Well, this is the song whose title is that of my first album, too. "A Song for XX". I'd like you to insert whatever words you like to the part XX. Well, I wrote this lyrics in my own manner thinking about the person I've told you now, which some of you may understand only by listening to this song. Please listen. "A Song for XX" by Hamasaki Ayumi.

--from masa's site