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 a forbidden love. A collection of love songs about feelings that can’t be stopped (81–90).
loveOku Hanako
This is a song by Hanae Okumura that conveys feelings toward a beloved person who chose to be with someone else, as well as the pain of not being chosen.
The sound is composed solely of piano throughout, highlighting the vocals and delivering the anguish with stark directness.
The lyrics pierce the heart with a straightforward depiction of love’s pain—the reality that no matter how deep your feelings are, they may never reach the other person.
Even knowing it won’t come to fruition, the lingering love that can’t be discarded and the suffering it brings are portrayed from start to finish, making it a track filled with lingering attachment and regret.
Fall in LoveKobayashi Akiko
A song by Akiko Kobayashi that has been covered by many artists, including Hideaki Tokunaga.
It conveys the frustration of a forbidden love, torn between the impulse to rush out and meet someone right now and the guilty hesitation that holds you back.
It’s a track that resonates with the sorrow of not seeing what lies ahead and yet being unable to move forward on your own.
Nevertheless, I want to do it.Hirai Ken
“Soredemoshitai” is a song by Ken Hirai that humorously portrays a forbidden relationship between a man and a woman.
In real life, even if you have a crush or someone you like, relationships aren’t something you can just forcefully seize.
But this song is different.
It sings of a very greedy woman who tries to steal a man away, yet refuses to stop loving him—depicting a strong woman with a tenacious, never-give-up spirit.
In the chorus, she practically screams out her frustration, which, interestingly, comes across as almost masculine—making it a fascinating song.
I wish I were the one you liked.Te ga kuriimu pan
Getting the person you like to like you back is really difficult, isn’t it? But wanting them to fall for you is something anyone in love feels.
That bittersweet, painful feeling in the chest is captured in Tegakuri-mupan’s “I Wish I Were the One You Like.” With its simple instrumentation and understated vocal delivery, the song overflows with the sorrow of unrequited love.
You truly want to confess your feelings and become mutual lovers, but the fear of it not going well makes you hesitate to take that first step…
Many people can probably relate to the dread of a future where love doesn’t come true, and to this situation where, despite that, you just can’t suppress your feelings.
THE END OF THE WORLDMakihara Noriyuki
Makihara Noriyuki’s “THE END OF THE WORLD” vividly conjures before my eyes two people walking side by side in the rain, caught in a forbidden love.
Among the couples who look ordinary on the city streets, there may be many who carry circumstances like these.
The way they kiss in the dark and whisper “I love you” in small voices suggests the guilt of an affair, yet there’s no sign that they intend to end the relationship; it even feels as if they mean to continue it until the time comes.
What path will they follow from here?
LOVE (I want to hold you)sawada kenji
Julie’s bittersweet, grown-up love song.
From the very beginning, you can tell he’s dying to hold his lover tight.
A cheating song told from a man’s perspective is unusual.
It seems the woman has a family, while the man is single.
Even though she loves him, there’s someone who loves her even more, and that makes him incredibly lonely.
Since it would be bad if her affair were exposed, the man ultimately decides to step back.
Songs of forbidden love: love songs about unstoppable feelings (91–100)
Dear…Nishino Kana
This is a song by Kana Nishino that conveys the pain of bittersweet affection and unrequited love.
The melancholic piano sound evokes the feeling of softly murmuring one’s sorrow, and the expansive development of the music strikingly expresses emotions overflowing.
The lyrics, which capture the inner movements of the heart when burdened with feelings that won’t reach their destination or love that cannot be fulfilled, further emphasize the poignancy.
By also depicting the ideal of “what if these feelings had reached you,” the song renders the suffering even more vividly.