A song of forbidden love. A love song about feelings that can't be stopped.
Even though you know you shouldn’t, there are some loves you just can’t stop, aren’t there…?
This article introduces love songs about holding onto feelings you can’t let go of—romances people tell you to avoid, and that you yourself know aren’t good for you.
When you don’t know what to do, listening to a song about a similar kind of love might calm your heart a little, and maybe even bring you closer to an answer.
Try finding that one song that will support your heart.
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Songs of forbidden love: love songs about unstoppable feelings (71–80)
Through countless nightsCHEMISTRY
A poignant love song by CHEMISTRY about feelings that can’t reach their destination.
The uniquely floating sound seems to reflect an unsteady heart.
With its simple arrangement of wavering organ tones and vocals, it feels like the message in the singing and lyrics is brought to the forefront.
It’s a track that powerfully conveys the pain of thinking about a beloved person who has left your side, as unreachable wishes pile up within yourself.
I miss you.UVERworld
A heart-stirring ballad that delicately portrays the profound sense of loss and regret after losing a loved one.
Released by UVERworld in September 2008, the song expresses powerful feelings and loneliness toward a former lover, wrapped in a gentle melody.
It is included on the album “AwakEVE,” and its music video set at Shibuya’s scramble crossing is also memorable.
A tender masterpiece that offers comfort to those who have lost someone important or are trying to overcome a breakup.
Only the two of us in this worldano
It’s a heartrending love song about a secret romance.
Brimming with the kind of emotional nuance characteristic of ano, it was released in February 2025.
The lyrics and composition were done by ano herself, with arrangement by Regal Lily.
Incorporating elements of alternative rock, it portrays a special world shared by just two people.
While wrestling with the complications of the relationship, it conveys the desire to cherish those moments when true love can be felt.
Highly recommended as a song that stays close to the hearts of those in love.
DesireDo As Infinity
For those agonizing over a forbidden love, I want you to listen to Do As Infinity’s “Desire.” Love isn’t something you do alone, right? When you fall in love, there’s always someone else involved, and if you’re in a relationship, it’s two people sharing their feelings.
The same goes for an affair.
Even when you know it’s wrong, you keep going.
That’s not just one person’s problem—it exists because there’s someone on the other side accepting that relationship.
This song captures the unstoppable, forbidden “desire” of two people.
Ti AmoEXILE
EXILE’s “Ti Amo” portrays a forbidden love without a happy ending.
It served as the lead track on the 2008 single “The Birthday ~Ti Amo~.” The title means “I love you” in Italian, and it conveys the sentiment of loving someone even if that love goes unreciprocated.
The song expresses an uncontrollable feeling of “I love you,” despite not being the top priority and despite knowing nothing more will develop.
It’s a song that stands by those who carry similar feelings.
let go again feat.VERBAL(m-flo)Flower
A Flower song that sings of a painful, tangled inner world—one you can’t give up on no matter how hard you try to forget, even when those around you tell you to stop.
It isn’t limited to romance: many of us have experienced holding onto a sliver of hope even when we know it won’t come true, or trying to tell our fragile hearts, “My choice isn’t wrong.” But in the case of a forbidden love, the reality is that the chances of this mindset bearing fruit are vanishingly small.
Perhaps the only trigger to help you give up and move forward is a new love.
DIAMOND SKINGLAY
Love has no fixed form, and GLAY’s “DIAMOND SKIN” makes us realize that.
GLAY has sung about love many times before, and in this song they take on what society deems forbidden: adulterous love.
Even knowing the relationship is not allowed, the protagonist’s heart is torn by a love as strong as a diamond.
Once you’ve fallen in love, it isn’t something you can easily come to hate.
It may not be a pure kind of love, but this is a song about being crushed by powerful feelings that have already taken root.