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Okay, I have to step in here. This is for everyone knocking the Mary Magdalene theory on the basis that The Da Vinci Code is inaccurate.
Yes, the book is inaccurate on alot of counts. Like that's not Mary in The Last Supper, it's Saint Peter, who was almost always described as VERY effeminate looking.
But the theory is not at all based on anything in that book. I think i was one of the first people to introduce the theory a few years ago (WAY before I ever read the Da Vinci Code, btw), and it ended up being backed up later by an interview somewhere that I haven't read but I've heard about.
I'll tell you why I came up with it here though. Mary of Magdala was Jesus' best friend, and most likely in love with him. I'm not sure it was requited, but she really cared for him. He trusted her VERY deeply, and to the other disciples it often seemed as though he gave her more attention than he gave the rest of them. In the Gospel of Mary of Magdala (yes it exists, I recommend the interpretation by Karen L. King if any of you want to read it), it is written that Jesus came in the night, giving Mary insight into the nature of goodness and sin that he did not give the other disciples (what he said is VERY controversial to Christianity as it is widely taught now). When Mary told this to the other disciples (who asked for any wisdom the Christ may have given Mary, as he loved her more than he loved them), they cast her away. Jesus' intention may have been to pass his teachings down to her, for her to pass down and carry the word. The other disciples, however, took the story for their own and taught it how THEY wanted it taught. The first bible as we know it wasn't written for several hundred years so the details may never be known. But it does seem like Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ, was intended for Mary to pass down. They call Mary's life "rife with sin", but they also talk about how she was the first to see that Jesus had risen, and the angel spoke to HER directly, telling HER to spread the word.
Mary had to endure so much heartbreak; the true lessons of the man she loved were lost to the pride of jealous friends. Her reputation was tarnished for nearly two thousand years following, the man she cared for most was lost to her forever, and her friends all betrayed her. The resulting heartbreak could translate easily into lyrics like those in "M". Only recently has this story really been accepted by any measurable amount of people so it's worth writing about. Given the controversial nature of the subject, Ayu may have left the "Mary" reference ambiguous. But she is a very feminist person and Mary Magdalene, not the Virgin Mary, is the one who feminists most admire and, I'm sure, pray for. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, but a woman considered equal with the other disciples by Christ. Her memory, though, has become so dirtied that it's worth praying for, and it's worth praying for her to be reunited with her love in heaven.
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