[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 to help you overcome heartbreak (51–60)
The final goodbye.riria. riria.
Singer-songwriter Riria’s songs often tell bittersweet love stories that resonate with many listeners.
Her track “Saigo no Bye-Bye,” released on December 24, 2020, is another heart-tugging breakup song.
Her translucent, emotive vocals intertwine with a wistful melody to delicately portray the feelings of two people who had no choice but to part.
In particular, it strikes a chord by drawing on familiar aspects of modern romance shaped by social media and messaging apps, while still conveying a timeless, universal pain of farewell.
It stirs the listener’s heart, prompting anyone who has experienced a breakup to see their own story in it.
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to in a season of heartbreak—or when you’re ready for a new beginning.
I didn’t want to know, if it meant losing it.atarayo
Atarayo’s “I Wish I’d Never Known, If I Was Going to Lose You” portrays the unstoppable feelings of love that persist even after being betrayed by a lover.
Released in 2022, the song is a collaboration with “Junwaidan,” a project that collects people’s real-life stories about love and sexuality, and it was created based on one of the submitted accounts.
The lyrics describe being lied to again and again and betrayed—situations that should make you hate the person—yet the feelings of love won’t fade, which is simply heartbreaking.
As much as the protagonist doesn’t want to break up because they love their partner, they ultimately choose to end the relationship to protect themselves.
If you’re struggling right now and don’t know what to do in a similar situation, you might find some answers in this song.
My love was overflowing.mosao.
Singer-songwriter Mosawo, who went viral on social media and quickly rose to fame, is known for bittersweet, relatable love songs—many women in relationships may find themselves reflected in her music.
The song “Suki ga Afureteita no” (“My Love Was Overflowing”) is a heart-wrenching breakup ballad told from a woman’s perspective.
It feels like she’s quietly speaking to the person she loves, and the regret after the breakup—along with how deeply she still loves them—comes through powerfully in this track.
sayonaraHirai Dai
I think there are many reasons why people end up breaking up even when they don’t dislike each other.
Hirai Dai’s “sayonara,” packed with feelings even more painful than unrequited love, is a song that portrays two people who are just about to part ways.
Sung from a male perspective, it conveys the sense of not being able to accept the reality of breaking up with someone you still love so much.
The contrast between the joyful memories up to now and the brief time right before the farewell feels very real and heartbreaking.
[Songs about loving but breaking up] Love songs (61–70) for those who want to overcome heartbreak
worst; minimum; the lowest; awfulren
Ren’s 2022 track “Saitei” (“The Worst”) portrays a breakup brought on by a lover’s betrayal.
After being betrayed and left with a terrible feeling, the breakup that follows can be so crushing you wish you could wipe everything clean and start from zero.
When you realize that the feelings you thought would never change—and the days you thought were happy—were, before you knew it, yours alone, a flood of negative emotions hits: anger, sadness, emptiness.
Even so, that moment of parting when you still can’t firmly say “I hate you now” is something many people can relate to.
OrangeSMAP
There are situations where choosing to break up, even when you’re in love, is the “right” decision.
Sometimes you have to part ways with someone you care about because of long-distance, or because you want to focus on work.
SMAP’s 2001 release “Orange” is a bittersweet song that captures a man’s feelings as he tells his girlfriend goodbye in just such a situation.
When it’s a forward-looking breakup that benefits both people, the feeling of gratitude can outweigh lingering attachment.
It’s a song in which the protagonist says his own kind of farewell: “Let’s keep the irreplaceable time we spent together in our hearts, and both stay well.”
I just had a love sadder than anyone else’s.Flower
No matter how deeply you’re connected at heart, there are relationships that just aren’t acceptable in society.
You might even catch yourself thinking, “If only we’d met at a different time…” Flower’s 2016 release, ‘I Just Had a Sadder Love Than Anyone Else,’ sings about a strong woman who brings an end to a love that can’t go anywhere.
When two people are in love, cutting those feelings off isn’t easy.
But if you fall for someone who’s already with somebody, it may be hard to truly feel happiness yourself.
When you seriously think about your own happiness, you’ll probably find the answer—and the courage—rising up within you, just like the song’s protagonist.