a question on "A Song for XX"

[JackieRos]

heck i thought it was for her dad

The title A Song for XX refers to Hamasaki's estranged father, whom she never knew. The title track refers to Hamasaki's move from Fukuoka to Tokyo.

wikipedia doesn't make sense what is it, for both?

>.>

[pommy48]

^ that's why you can't trust everything on wikipedia, they were probably edited by a misinformed fan

[JackieRos]

^but wikipedia is a good website even though they get things wrong sometimes

i trusted wikipedia ehe


we have to see the official english lyrics to really know
too bad there are no OFFICIAL translations

[jean-baptiste]

LOL!

wikipedia says 2 different things. xD

[pommy48]

you can depend on wikipedia for like her single releases or something, but not personal small details like that

and masa's translation are really great, and besides, there will never be an official english translation~

[JackieRos]

it will be cool thought
i want official but there is none

[noidea]

Originally Posted by pommy48

and masa's translation are really great, and besides, there will never be an official english translation~

well, if she EVER decides to release her albums, dvds or something in countrys outside asia(under a minor label without promoting them or something, many artists do that) therell be an english translation sheet coming with it, so it IS possible, but unlikely

[JackieRos]

yah just like Dir en grey's Kisou (i think) album it had an extra sheet with all of the lyrics in english

[pommy48]

XD well tell me when that actually happens~

[JackieRos]

it happened

heh i wish

[mimika]

i thought the song is for herself

the lyrics has a lots of desperation and growing up which is the same as what ayu feels at the beginning of her career. (why would she talk about growing up if she's writing about her mom/dad?)

especially the line:

They always said I was a strong child
Even praised me as great because I didn't cry
I never wanted to hear such words
So I pretended not to understand


makes me feel it's takin about ayu herself, 'cuz we all know how ayu is also by herself when she was young, her dad is gone, her mom works 24/7 to support the family, so it gives ppl the impression that ayu is very mature, that she doesn't cry to others, but in fact she hates that, she'd rather have her family and being taken care of

[mmaibff]

Originally Posted by pommy48

i think it should be for her mom

because in the version on ASFXX, she used the pronoun "they"

but in the new version on A BALLADs, she used the pronoun "you"

I didn't know that they lyrics had been changed, umm at which part were they changed because I can't seem to find it...

[pommy48]

^ oh if you look here

from masa

THEY always said I was a strong child
Even praised me as great because I did not cry
As PEOPLE AROUND said like this more
I came to feel a pain even when I smiled (The first album and "A BEST")

sonna fuu ni MAWARI ga ieba iu hodo ni
warau koto sae kutsuu ni natteta (The first album and "A BEST")

and here~

YOU always said I was a strong child
Even praised me as great because I did not cry
As YOU said like this more
I came to feel a pain even when I smiled ("A Ballads)

sonna fuu ni ANATA ga ieba iu hodo ni
warau koto sae kutsuu ni natteta ("A Ballads")

and also what masa said about who the song is for

The hidden meaning of "A Song for XX" is "Ayumi's song for Mother". She had a repulsive feeling against her mother in her childhood, but dared not make it clear in the song when she wrote the original lyrics at the age of nineteen. But she is such a honest person that she corrected the word and made the fact and her feeling clear. This is my supposition. (She has sung this song in the rock style changing the related part of the lyrics since the Dome Tour, if I remember right.)

[jean-baptiste]

@mimika: of course its ABOUT ayu. shes talking about herself. but its FOR her mother. its written for her. kinda like shes speaking to her.

[wannajoin_Team Ayu]

thanks for explainning

now i understand why ASF in A BALLADS was called "Session 2" i not realized this change

[pommy48]

^ yeah and also she rerecorded it~ so that's why

[ownsarai]

Oh I never realized she changed the lyrics! Thanks for that info~