[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.
- A Tearful Farewell Song: A Love Song About Parting with Someone You Love
- [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 (21–30)
KanadeSukima Suichi
It’s one of Sukima Switch’s signature works, a classic ballad that took time to become a hit.
The lyrics vividly conjure up scenes just by listening, and the gentle melody really sinks into your heart.
The earnestness of conveying feelings that never reached their destination is heartbreakingly moving.
It’s long been loved at karaoke, too, and it feels like those emotions would well up as you sing it.
Never Grow Upchanmina
A track by the popular female rapper Chanmina.
The mellow yet brisk beat is striking, and it actually accentuates the loneliness and heartache of a breakup.
As the title suggests, it portrays a romance between two people who were still quite young.
Yet throughout the lyrics, the lingering feelings of love are written in, making your chest ache as you listen.
[Songs About Loving But Parting] Love Songs for Those Who Want to Move On From Heartbreak (31–40)
ex darlingkuriipuhaipe
When it comes to breakup songs, many of them express feelings of sadness and loneliness, don’t they? This song, “ex Darling,” was released digitally on April 18, 2022, the 10th anniversary of CreepHyp’s major-label debut.
It’s also included as a first-press bonus track on their major debut album, “I Thought I’d Be Loved for the Rest of My Life Until I Die.” Rather than dwelling on sadness, it highlights the positive aspects that meeting someone you love brought into your life—ironically, that’s what makes it feel all the more poignant.
It’s a number that stays close to those who can’t forget the person they broke up with.
A love with you from nine steps apartWHITE JAM
A song by a three-member J-POP/R&B group consisting of SHIROSE, NIKKI, and GASHIMA.
What truly sets this track apart is that the lyrics are literally the contents of LINE messages actually sent to a lover.
It’s a highly realistic song that conveys gratitude and regrets to a partner in a conversational tone.
Love SongShimizu Shota
Koiuta (Love Song) by Shota Shimizu.
It was released in 2021 as a digital-only single.
Shimizu’s heartrending vocals and the wistful melody really sink into your heart.
The song portrays the regret of a love that ended after trying to act more grown-up, along with lingering feelings for the other person that haven’t changed even now.
Written from a down-to-earth perspective, it’s easy to empathize as if it were your own story.
It gently stays by your side when you’re overwhelmed by that helpless sense of loss after a breakup.
Be happy, okay?matsumura kanau
Singersongwriter Kanau Matsumura, whose empathetic lyrics and sound have won popularity especially among young people, sings a bittersweet yet forwardlooking breakup song.
It tells the story of a man who decides to part ways because he believes his partner will surely be happier without him.
Listening to this track may have led some to reflect on past memories, wondering, “Did that breakup back then make us both happier?” or “I wonder if my exgirlfriend or exboyfriend is happy now.” For those who have experienced a painful separation like the one in this song, it may feel like a piece that validates the decision they made at the time.
Eine KleineYonezu Kenshi
A bittersweet “Eine Kleine” suffused with gratitude and sorrow—saying, “Thank you for making someone like me happy.” Released by Kenshi Yonezu in 2014, it’s one of the songs that helped boost his popularity.
Have you ever met someone you truly love, only to find yourself unable to express your affection because of your lack of confidence or past trauma from relationships? It’s always at those times that the other person’s wonderful qualities become ever more apparent, so dazzling that you end up thinking, “Someone like me…” “Eine Kleine” gives voice to that love that’s lost its way.
Even if you don’t know where it’s headed, the feeling of caring for someone is a truly beautiful thing.
