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: romance tracks about unstoppable feelings (31–40)
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.
No PromiseChara
A song by Chara that portrays the aching feelings of a woman torn by a relationship without promises.
She longs to hold on to someone who seems about to leave, yet she can’t secure any promise for the future.
That inner conflict is delicately rendered in a whisper-like vocal.
Featured on the album “Soul Kiss,” released in July 1992, the song captures the frustration of being unable to stop loving someone—knowing it won’t be reciprocated, yet unable to let go—which perhaps only those who’ve experienced it can truly understand.
A love in which only one person suffers is something that, at some point, we probably ought to bring to an end.
habit of laughingIgarashi Haru
A song that portrays the ache of a love too deep to forget, even as time passes.
In this track, Haru Igarashi delicately captures the frustration of how trivial everyday moments turn into special memories, and the poignancy of nights spent with those memories when you can’t move on.
Even the way the other person laughed and their gestures remain vividly etched in the mind, and the feeling is so intense that you find yourself praying to God, “Please let me forget everything.” Released in March 2025, this work will gently accompany those whose hearts are filled with memories they can’t forget, no matter how hard they try, and those who are still unable to accept parting from someone dear.
Street Loveindigo la End
No matter how much you love someone, it won’t come true; even if you tell yourself to forget, the memories that remain won’t let you.
Torikoi is a song that writhes in the unresolvable feelings toward a love that has already passed, and in the inescapable heart that still insists on loving.
It’s included on indigo la End’s 2019 album Nureyuku Shōsetsu (Dampening I-Novel).
The opening lyrics give off a subtle sense of an affair.
It’s a song packed with the feelings of people who harbor a love they can’t tell anyone about, and those who suffer over a love they can’t forget.
I want to be loved.Mioyamazaki
A song whose vanishingly fragile, heartrending vocals tighten your chest.
Even knowing it’s almost impossible to stay together, the woman’s feelings—her wish to see the future she envisions come true—are depicted in delicate words.
The fact that she truly wants to be together but can’t express it honestly reflects her awareness that she’s hurting someone and that the relationship shouldn’t continue any further.
It’s a song that makes you think deeply about whether happiness can await a love that comes together while hurting many people.
A song of forbidden love. Love songs about feelings that can’t be stopped (41–50)
Your happinessUru
A song by Uru that sings of a heartbreaking love you can’t stop even though you know it won’t come true.
From the intro, the melody draws you in, and every single word of the lyrics pierces the heart.
You can feel the frustration of wishing for the other person’s happiness while being unable to suppress your own feelings.
Released in November 2023, this track, paired with Uru’s delicate vocals, tightens the listener’s chest.
It’s a song that gently stays by the side of anyone troubled by unrequited love or a romance they just can’t give up.
I can’t bring myself to hate (you/it).ren
A singer-songwriter representing Gen Z, Ren, sings a song about an unattainable love.
Released in September 2021 as their first original work, it portrays a painful level of fixation—unable to sever the heart even after being betrayed.
Even knowing it’s a lie, clinging to the slightest kindness conveys a desperate feeling that makes you lose yourself.
You know you’ll never be together, yet you can’t walk away on your own.
Haven’t you ever put on a brave face to cover up those feelings that have nowhere to go?