[Tearjerker] Songs that make your heart tremble with tears & moving tracks with lyrics that touch the soul
Do you have a favorite tearjerker song?
There are so many songs that bring tears to your eyes—love songs, life-affirming anthems, heartbreaking farewell songs, and more.
Each of these tracks tells a different story and conveys different emotions, but I think we can’t help shedding a tear when we relate to the lyrics or when they resonate with our own feelings.
In this article, we’ll introduce a selection of moving songs with relatable lyrics that are sure to make you cry.
Be sure to listen carefully while reading the lyrics.
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[Tearjerker] Songs That Make Your Heart Tremble With Tears & Moving Tracks Whose Lyrics Deeply Resonate (61–70)
a single flowertuki.
“Ichirin-bana,” a song by tuki.
that delivers the very moment tears begin to fall.
Its heartrending melody and choice of words resonate deeply.
This track weaves the tone of the piano with her mature vocals, capturing the pain of heartbreak.
It conveys a message that is sad yet deeply relatable, and its relatively narrow vocal range makes for a memorable, easy-to-hum melody.
If you sing while taking in each lyric, you’ll likely find yourself shedding tears as it overlaps with your own experiences.
With her transparent voice, she’s sure to gently stay close to each listener’s heart.
budKobukuro
A song that Kentaro Kobuchi of Kobukuro wrote while thinking about his late mother.
It is the theme song for the drama “Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad,” starring Yuko Tanaka.
Not just with mothers—partings with parents and family will one day come to us all.
That eternal farewell is heartbreaking, but like the bud that appears in this song, they will surely be watching over you from somewhere.
It feels like the song is telling even those who have gone through a painful, sorrowful farewell, “It’s going to be okay,” and conveying that message to you through its music.
Ballad of a SingerSaitō Kazuyoshi
Kazuyoshi Saito’s “Utautai no Ballad” sings of a straightforward love, awkward yet sincere.
Released in 1997, the song was chosen as the theme for the 2017 film “Lu Over the Wall.” Beloved by musicians as well, it has been covered by many artists, including Bank Band and Tamio Okuda.
The lyrics portray someone who, though too shy to express words of love in everyday life, can convey those feelings when set to a song they’re good at.
If you also find it hard to be honest, gifting this song to someone special will surely bring them to tears of joy!
heartaimyon
A poignant ballad that carefully portrays the complex emotions of love.
Released in 2021, this song was written by Aimyon as the theme for the TBS Tuesday drama “Only Just Married.” During production, she rewrote the lyrics from scratch for the first time, focusing on expressing feelings that are “not too cute, yet not too clumsy.” Inspired by the heart’s shape—round on top and pointed at the bottom—the song explores a relationship where affection and pain coexist.
It resonates deeply with those struggling with marriage or romance.
Motherkariyushi 58
The debut single by Kariyushi 58, an indie band from Okinawa.
Released in 2006, it’s a song with a comforting guitar riff and lyrics that resonate with everyday life.
“Anmā” means “mother” in the Okinawan dialect.
The band’s vocalist, Mr.
Maekawa—once such a delinquent that even his mother couldn’t handle him—formed the band and, through days of struggle, came to understand his mother’s pain, revealing a deeply personal side to the song.
Behind their winning the New Artist Award at the Japan Cable Radio Awards seems to be the pure sincerity inspired by his love for his mother.
If I can laughUrufuruzu
It’s the 24th single by Ulfuls, released in 2002.
Its theme is like “no rain lasts forever”: if you’re sad, go ahead and cry as much as you need, and once you’ve sunk as low as you can, a day will come when you can smile again.
It’s a masterpiece that makes you cry uncontrollably when you listen to it in tough times.
MelodyTamaki Kōji
This is the tenth single by singer-songwriter Koji Tamaki, who is acclaimed by professionals for his overwhelming vocal ability and also known as a multi-instrumentalist who can handle a wide range of instruments.
It is one of Tamaki’s signature songs, having been used as the ending theme for the news program “Tetsuya Chikushi NEWS23” and as an insert song in the TV drama “Melody.” The melancholic vocals laid over gentle acoustic guitar arpeggios and the nostalgic, heartrending lyrics are sure to bring tears to your eyes.
It’s a number that naturally makes the tears flow, resonating with the nostalgia and loneliness anyone feels when looking back on the past.
