[Songs About Loving Yet Parting] Love songs for those who want to overcome heartbreak
“We loved each other, but we broke up…
We had no choice but to part.”
This is a collection of love songs for those who’ve gone through that kind of painful breakup.
If you split because you both fell out of love, you can simply move on to the next relationship.
But it’s different when only one person’s feelings faded, isn’t it?
You probably can’t bring yourself to hate them, and you’re still tormented by the feelings you have.
In this article, we introduce heartbreaking love songs that portray a variety of perspectives and complex emotions: the feelings of the one who initiated the breakup, the one who was broken up with, and even the bittersweet sentiment of mutually choosing to part while still having lingering attachment.
Please give them a listen when things feel tough.
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- “I Want to See You”: A love song that makes you cry when you listen to it while you can’t meet
- [Love Songs] Say Goodbye to Uncertain Feelings! Love Songs to Listen to When You’re Not Sure If You Like Someone
- Farewell Song: A goodbye song. A tearful parting song.
- My heart aches with bittersweet pain! Breakup songs I’d recommend to Gen Z
- [Adultery Song] A forbidden song about an affair that sings of an impossible love
- A song that feels refreshing after a breakup. A love song to listen to when you want to move on.
- [Jealousy & Possessiveness Songs] A curated selection of popular tracks to listen to when possessiveness feels overwhelming!
- [Once More…] A lingering-attachment song: a song about a love you can’t forget
- A tear-jerking love song that gently stays by your heart
[Songs about loving but breaking up] Love songs (61–70) for those who want to overcome heartbreak
Even though I love you more than anyone else.ACE COLLECTION
The bittersweet feelings of lovers who are forced to part are woven with delicate words.
Released by ACE COLLECTION in April 2023, this song portrays deep affection for the other person and the inner conflict of being unable to express it.
By artfully interweaving changing seasons and natural phenomena, it conveys the frustration of unfulfilled love.
Amid the busyness of daily life, the image of two people continually missing each other comes into focus.
This piece sings of the ache of loving someone so intensely it hurts, yet being unable to convey those feelings honestly.
Though it chooses separation, it is a song that will surely resonate with those still suffering from lingering love.
Stardust VenusAimer
This is a song by Aimer that overlays unforgettable memories of love onto the stars in the night sky and sings of heartache.
The lingering attachment to a precious person who has been lost and the increasingly idealized memories are delicately depicted through a fragile yet resolute voice.
Released as a single in August 2012, it is also included on the acclaimed album “Sleepless Nights.” As the theme song for the drama “Will Such a Luxury as Love Fall Upon Me?”, it enriched the story’s worldview.
The piano-and-strings sound this work possesses is sure to resonate deeply with listeners’ sentimental hearts.
If you listen on a quiet night when you want to be alone with your memories, it will surely wrap your heart in gentle warmth.
You were happy, right?Te ga kuriimu pan
Singer-songwriter Tegakurimpan, who made her major-label debut in 2021 and is affectionately known to fans as “Kuripan-chan,” released the song “Shiawase Datta ne” on December 21, 2022.
Its delicate, piano-focused ensemble is achingly beautiful.
The lyrics portray the resolve to set out on a new path, even while holding onto memories that grow rosier with time, and may give great courage to those who struggle to take that first step.
It’s a sentimental number, with a clear, translucent voice that resonates deeply.
Because I fell in loveaimyon
Koi wo Shita Kara, included on Aimyon’s acclaimed 2019 album Momentary Sixth Sense.
It overflows not only with the loneliness of losing someone you truly love, but also with the loss of those feelings that make everyday moments feel joyful and the world look sparkly when you’re in love.
Aimyon’s gently intimate vocals further amplify the poignancy.
If you still can’t forget the person you love, let this song wrap around you and have a good, cathartic cry.
Everyday Revolutionneguse.
This song depicts the aching feelings that follow a heartbreak.
It carefully portrays scenes of shedding tears at the lingering traces of a lover left in the room, as well as the realization of how much their support meant.
Included on the mini-album “Love to Wonderland!” and released in September 2022, the track also received a music video.
It garnered over 7 million views and gained wide popularity.
It’s a song that gently stays by the side of those who want to heal the pain of a breakup or are trying to overcome a farewell with someone important.
Wrapped in Neguse’s tender vocals, it might help you sort out your feelings.
To You Who Look Good with a Bouquet (Fantastic ver.)neguse.
Neguse is a four-piece band from Nagoya formed in August 2020.
Their music has won wide support for its lyrics that focus on everyday happiness and its uplifting, feel-good melodies.
“Hanataba ga Niau Kimi e (fantastic ver.)” is included on the album “Fantasy na Kyūjitsu o!!!,” released on February 14, 2024, and the song portrays mutual compassion and the pain of parting.
It conveys deep affection, moving listeners with the depiction of having to say goodbye despite still being in love.
The music video, which depicts a farewell on a special day—like a high school graduation ceremony—also resonates deeply with viewers.
Highly recommended for those who don’t want to accept a goodbye or who are still deeply in love.
Once moremosao. feat. asmi
“Once Again” portrays two people who truly care for each other but end up choosing to part ways because of growing misunderstandings.
This number by singer-songwriters Mosawo and asmi was released in 2022.
It captures how, despite believing they would always be together, frustrations build up and they no longer know how to treat each other, creating more and more distance between them.
In situations like this, words and feelings tend to drift further out of sync.
The song realistically depicts the shared pain and struggle experienced by both the man and the woman.
