[Tearjerker] Songs that make your heart tremble with tears & moving tracks with lyrics that touch the soul
Do you have a song that, just by listening, fills your chest and before you know it brings tears to your eyes?When lyrics about love, encounters and farewells, or fleeting moments in everyday life overlap with your own memories, music quietly stirs the depths of your heart.Songs that move you to tears aren’t only for sad times—they’re companions that gently stay by your side when you want to look forward.In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of deeply moving songs that may loosen your tear ducts before you realize it.As you listen closely to each word, try to find the song that resonates with your heart!
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[Tear-jerker] Songs that make your heart tremble and bring you to tears & deeply moving tracks with lyrics that sink into your soul (181–190)
Wonderful worldindigo la End
With lyrics that spill out like scattered words, it achieves a highly relatable finish.
It’s music that keeps you company in silence, like sitting quietly beside you when you’re alone.
The song is by indigo la End, the band led by Enon Kawatani, who also fronts Gesu no Kiwami Otome, and it was included on their 2012 mini-album “Sayonara, Subarashii Sekai” (Goodbye, Wonderful World).
The band’s sound, tinged with an ennui-laden atmosphere, intertwines with Kawatani’s wistful vocals to create a pensive mood.
I…atarayo
A heart-stirring song by Atarayo that weaves a tale of bittersweet love and self-transformation.
The encounter with a beloved person changes the way the world looks, vividly portraying the rebirth into a new self.
It delicately expresses the anxiety of nearly losing one’s sense of self, alongside the beauty of a world expanded by loving someone, inviting empathy for the subtle emotions that come with embracing change.
Released in January 2024, this work was selected as the opening theme for season 2 of the TV anime The Dangers in My Heart.
Its lyrics, which stand with the wavering feelings of adolescence, will deeply resonate with anyone standing at a crossroads in life.
If being alive is painfulMoriyama Naotaro
“If Living Is Painful,” sung by Naotaro Moriyama, is his 16th single, released in 2008.
The lyrics are based on a poem by poet Ochanomizu Kakou, a friend of Moriyama’s.
Confronting life head-on with words that will move you to tears, the song won the Lyricist Award at the 50th Japan Record Awards in 2008.
“If Living Is Painful” was also used in TV commercials for Shuto Ikko, Osaka Isen, and Nagoya Isen.
If you ever feel that living is hard, this is a song you should listen to all the way through.
Let me give you a songTakeuchi Mariya
It’s a cheering song filled with warm, heartfelt messages.
The vocals that stay by your side on lonely nights gently embrace the listener’s heart.
Released in August 2024, it commemorates Mariya Takeuchi’s 45th anniversary as an artist.
It was also chosen as the theme song for the drama “Subarashiki kana, Sensei!” The harmony with Erika Ikuta is beautiful, and their appearance together in the music video became a hot topic.
It’s the perfect song for times when you feel tired or lonely.
It portrays people connecting through song, letting you feel the healing power of music.
You Go Your WayCHEMISTRY
A song that captures the complex feelings of having to accept the reality of a breakup, yet finding it hard to fully do so.
Even though breaking up should mean simply returning to how things were before you met, the time spent with that person is impossible to forget, and the lyrics beautifully portray that inner conflict.
powder snowRemioromen
This song became widely known in households as the theme song for the drama One Litre of Tears.
Combined with the drama’s poignancy, it’s an incredibly moving track.
Vocalist Fujimaki’s overwhelming singing is striking and leaves a deep emotional impact on listeners.
GarnetOku Hanako
It’s the theme song from the animated film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, directed by Mamoru Hosoda.
I really like Hanako Oku—she has such a beautiful voice.
The fact that it’s just her singing with her own accompaniment makes it even more poignant.
I think it’s a song that brings back memories of those faint, youthful loves from our school days.
It also matches the film’s story very well.