[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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- [Unattainable Love] A love song about two people who feel the same way but can’t be together
- Farewell Songs: Tracks that sing various kinds of “goodbyes”
- [Unrequited Love] Heart-wrenching Love Songs | A Roundup of Tear-Inducing Crush and Breakup Tracks
- “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 Parting] Love songs for you who want to overcome heartbreak (81–90)
Sentimental KissShio Reira
“Sentimental Kiss” by Reira Ushio is a song that portrays the inability to suppress the desire to stay by someone’s side, even when parting ways.
Released in 2022, its acoustic version was used as background music on ABEMA’s dating show “He’s a Wolf, She Wouldn’t Lie.” The lyrics depict their breakup as something beautiful and fleeting, like a scene from a drama or a film.
When a farewell arrives, it can feel strangely unreal, almost like it’s happening to someone else.
That sensation is precisely the kind of dreamy, cinematic unreality the song’s lyrics evoke.
When you’re faced with an unbelievable reality, I recommend taking a moment to cool down with this track.
You know,Ame no Iro.
A three-piece rock band formed in Hiroshima Prefecture, Amenoiro moved its base of operations to Tokyo in the spring of 2020.
Their single “Anone,” released digitally on December 1, 2022, is striking for its translucent vocals and a soft yet driving ensemble.
The lyrics depict the loss of days of happiness that one assumed would go on forever, offering a realism that those who’ve had similar experiences—and even those who haven’t—can vividly picture.
It’s a sentimental pop tune that brims with melancholy while remaining thoroughly pop.
Hyperventilation LoveTonbokōpu
Tonbocorp is a four-piece rock band whose members each have different musical tastes, and their genre-defying songs born from that diversity are helping them grow their fan base.
Their song “Kakokyū-ai” (Hyperventilating Love), included on their first mini-album Uka (Molting), was chosen as the opening theme for the TV drama Yawa-otoko to Kata-ko.
The lyrics evoke the scene of a couple who, after repeatedly hurling their feelings at each other, ultimately break up, portraying a relationship that can never be recovered no matter what.
It’s a fast-paced rock tune whose breezy ensemble, in stark contrast to the weight of the lyrics, creates a strong impact.
An empty kitchenTakahashi Yuu
Even couples who have been together a long time, living together, or thinking about marriage can end up choosing to part ways.
Precisely because they care so deeply, they end up hurting each other and suffering.
“An Empty Kitchen” is a song about a man and a woman who put an end to such a mismatch by choosing to break up.
This track, released in 2013 by singer-songwriter Yu Takahashi, tells the story of two people who were once so close but began to wound each other.
If it were possible, they would “go back to the days when we were happy”—a song that gives voice to that aching wish.
PENGUINMakihara Noriyuki
Love with someone who’s already involved, or romance at the workplace—even when we know it’s not allowed, we still fall; that’s what love is.
But sometimes the reason we feel happiness with someone is because we can see a future where the two of us are together.
When it’s a forbidden love, that future is hard to see.
Noriyuki Makihara’s “PENGUIN” is a song about a protagonist who has ended such a relationship and reflects on the past.
Even though the relationship is over, they look back knowing the love they felt then was real, and that ending it was the right choice.
Wanting to keep a romance beautiful, just as it was—this is a song I especially hope those people will listen to.
Wasn’t it me?misaki
A bittersweet heartbreak song woven by Misaki, a singer-songwriter from the music creator agency muchoo.
Based on her own experiences, it portrays the feeling of “being in a relationship yet still pining like it’s unrequited love.” The depictions of repeated missed connections and the resignation of thinking “maybe I wasn’t the one” will likely resonate with anyone who’s known a sad love.
Misaki’s voice—delicate and pure, with a touch of youthful innocence—leaves a strong impression, wrapping a wounded heart in gentle comfort.
[Songs About Loving But Saying Goodbye] Love Songs for You Who Want to Overcome Heartbreak (91–100)
Even love songs have their eras.This is LAST
This song portrays a bittersweet heart that can’t stop thinking about the other person, even as a sense of an impending breakup sets in.
The lyrics, emblematic of modern views on love, pierce the heart.
Hiding phone screens, seeing each other less—these subtle details delicately depict a relationship growing cold.
The pure plea of “Please stay by my side” is painfully earnest.
It’s a track for those who chose to part ways yet still suffer because they’re in love.
You’ll surely find something to relate to.