[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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[Tear Ducts Collapse] Songs That Make You Cry and Tremble with Emotion & Lyrics That Touch the Heart (141–150)
NonfictionHirai Ken
What does it mean to be your true self? If you’ve ever struggled with that question, I encourage you to listen to this song.
It’s by singer-songwriter Ken Hirai, known for creating many classics like “Hitomi wo Tojite,” and it was released in 2017 as his 42nd single.
It drew attention when it was chosen as the theme song for the drama “Little Giant.” The lyrics feel like they sing directly to the depths of your heart, and they blend perfectly with Hirai’s warm vocals, leaving a deep impression.
It’s a masterpiece that helps you bounce back when you hit a wall and lets hope take root.
ChronostasisBUMP OF CHICKEN
Chronostasis by BUMP OF CHICKEN portrays the struggle to find meaning in a world where one has lost someone precious.
Released in 2022, the song was chosen as the theme for the film Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween.
Its lyrics, which seem to reflect the relationship between a certain character in the movie and the friends who lost him, are especially moving for fans of the work.
Even for those unfamiliar with the film, the lyrics compel deep reflection from the heart, as they ask how to live in the present without someone important.
Sad love songatarayo
As the title suggests, this song is a sad love story sung from the perspective of the woman in a couple.
The man she’s dating seems a bit insensitive and kind to everyone.
Feeling that he doesn’t look only at her, the protagonist gradually starts to drift away from him.
In the latter half of the song, she grows fed up and tries to break up with him…
but at that moment, she realizes all over again that she still loves him.
It’s a heartbreaking portrayal of a love she knows isn’t good for her, yet she can’t bring herself to leave.
Forget-me-notBOOOST
BOOOST, a band that has been growing in popularity on LINE LIVE, released “Wasurenagusa” in April 2021.
Created by U-key as a song inspired by We Made a Beautiful Bouquet, it may bring the film’s world to mind for some listeners.
Sung from a boyfriend’s perspective, this heartbreak song pairs a gentle, sorrowful melody with beautiful high notes that slowly seep in and bring tears to your eyes.
The lyrics, which include app names and familiar expressions unique to our times, are also deeply relatable.
No matter how intense the days or how happy the memories, time causes them to fade—this song captures that fleetingness.
It’s a love song that stands beside every kind of romance, resonates with a wide range of people, and gives you the strength to move forward.
footprint(s)Little Glee Monster
“Ashiato” is a song written and composed by the members of Little Glee Monster.
Chosen as the set piece for NHK’s National School Music Contest, Junior High Division, it’s the perfect cheer song for when you’re struggling or feeling lost in life.
Many people have drawn strength from Little Glee Monster’s voices and their past songs, and this track will resonate with them especially deeply.
The music video’s shift from a dark place to a sunlit sea also conveys a sense of hope and light for the future.
Winter skySPLAY
SPLAY is a band formed mainly by childhood friends at a high school in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture.
The first track on their 2008 album “AFTER THE MELODY ENDS” is this song, “Fuyu no Sora” (Winter Sky).
As the title suggests, it carries a melancholy mood—a love song about the bittersweet feelings of winter.
Beyond the lyrics, the vocalist’s wistful voice further heightens the sense of sorrow and longing for human connection.
FarewellSuperfly
With magnificent gospel and dramatic soundscapes, this moving song is filled with Shiho Ochi’s richly expressive voice that shakes the heart.
It sings of someone who, despite experiencing a painful farewell, engraves the days they spent together as cherished memories and chooses to face forward and keep walking.
Whether you become unhappy by clinging to painful memories, or transform them into memories and seize a bright future—it’s up to you.
This is a warm, tender piece that gently wraps around and encourages the feeling of taking that first step forward.
