Beautiful tear-jerking songs / songs that make you cry your eyes out

Unrequited Love Song: A heartrending love song dedicated to you who are going through a painful romance

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When you have an unrequited crush and feel like “it hurts, I want to cry,” you want to listen to songs that share those feelings, right?

In this article, we’ll introduce “tear-jerking unrequited love songs” we recommend just for you.

From the latest hits to timeless classics, every track is a gem with heartrending lyrics that sink deep into your heart.

“If I confess, we can’t go back to how we were.” “I know I should give up, but I still like you.” “We broke up, but I can’t bring myself to hate you.”

If you’re hurting from unrequited love in any of these ways, please give these songs a listen.

[Unrequited Love Songs] Heart-wrenching love songs for you who are going through a painful romance (81–90)

let gom-flo loves YOSHIKA

m-flo loves YOSHIKA / let go

let gom-flo loves YOSHIKA

It’s a mature love ballad that sings of unrequited feelings.

Released in 2004 as the 17th single by the music group m-flo, it’s the kind of beautiful sound that can move you to tears just by listening.

The female vocals are performed by YOSHIKA, a singer-songwriter from Kanagawa Prefecture.

A highly recommended love song!

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I’ll wait.amin

I'll wait

I'll wait.amin

“Matsu wa” is the debut single by Aming, released in 1982.

It’s a song about patiently waiting for the person you love—after they’re rejected by someone else—to come to love you.

The name “Aming” is said to come from the café name “Anmin” (meaning “peaceful sleep”) that appears in Masashi Sada’s song “Pumpkin Pie to Cinnamon Tea.”

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I want to be your lover.Abe Mao

Mao Abe – I Want to Be Your Lover [Official Music Video]

I want to be your lover.Abe Mao

Abe Mao’s “I Want to Be Your Girlfriend” conveys that feeling powerfully from the title alone.

This song expresses emotions in a very straightforward way.

Falling in love brings lots of fun, but it also makes you worry about little things, doesn’t it? It’s packed with all those relatable feelings of being in love—the urge to ask them this and that, the fantasies of what you’d do if you became a couple—and it’s a song that people with a one-sided crush can really relate to.

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SquallFukuyama Masaharu

Squall (Sukōru) – Masaharu Fukuyama [with lyrics]

SquallFukuyama Masaharu

Love is the kind of thing that begins before you even realize it—by the time you notice, it’s already started.

Masaharu Fukuyama’s “Squall” focuses on that moment of awakening to love, capturing the very process of trying to be honest with one’s feelings.

Though the words may seem ordinary, they flow with expressions that touch the core of love.

It beautifully portrays unrequited love.

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LAT.43°N 〜forty-three degrees north latitude〜DREAMS COME TRUE

LAT.43°N ～forty-three-degrees north latitude～ (from THE DREAM QUEST TOUR 2017 Live Ver.)

LAT.43°N 〜forty-three degrees north latitude〜DREAMS COME TRUE

This is a song by DREAMS COME TRUE that portrays the heartache of a long-distance relationship.

It conveys deep feelings for the other person and the emotions that can’t quite be expressed.

Released in November 1989 as their fourth single, it was also included on the album “LOVE GOES ON…”.

The title bears the latitude of Sapporo, Yoshida Miwa’s hometown, evoking images of winter in Sapporo.

In 2014, a novel based on this song was also published, making it a piece that resonates with many.

On nights when you’re thinking of a lover far away, give it a listen.

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Snow WhiteFlower

Flower “Snow White” — 2nd album “Hanadokei (Flower Clock)” out 3/4

Snow WhiteFlower

This song features an evocative world that seems linked to the fairy tale Snow White, and it was also used as the theme song for the NOTTV drama We Are All Already Dead.

In the fairy tale, Snow White awakens from her slumber with a kiss from her beloved prince, is freed from a constrained world, and the story ends happily.

In contrast, this song expresses the bittersweet feeling of someone who longs for an ending like Snow White’s, yet can do nothing but wait endlessly for the prince’s kiss.

It’s a track that resonates with the sorrow and purity of a protagonist in a love that can never come true.

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[Unrequited Love Songs] Heart-wrenching love songs for you who are going through a painful romance (91–100)

Try loving—it’s not like you’ll lose anything.neguse.

Bedhead. 'Try loving me—it won't cost you anything' Official Music Video

Try loving—it's not like you'll lose anything.neguse.

Have you ever experienced a love where, once you’re completely absorbed, you end up forgiving anything? This song is by Neguse, a band from Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, released in April 2023.

Its pop sound and lyrics that candidly express true feelings make a strong impression.

It likely contains many lines that resonate especially with younger listeners in their teens and twenties.

The vocalist Ryotachi’s down-to-earth voice also adds a sense of realism to the lyrics.

Be sure to give it a careful listen!

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