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[Lingering Feelings and Regrets] A Love Song for You Who Can’t Forget Your Ex-Boyfriend
An unforgettable love, someone you can’t get out of your heart… Do you have memories of a love like that?
In this article, we’ve gathered love songs we’d like those who just can’t forget the one they loved so much to listen to.
There are surely many people who can’t let go of their lingering feelings for a love that has ended and can’t move on to the next one.
Feelings and hearts aren’t something you can switch over instantly, are they?
By finding the perfect song for your heart right now, and letting yourself cry or remember him as much as you need, some wounds can start to heal.
May you find a song that stays close to your heart.
[Lingering Feelings & Regret] A Love Song for You Who Can’t Forget Your Ex (1–10)
I wonder if I’d still say it’s too late.Saucy Dog
It’s a song by the three-piece band Saucy Dog that can be heard either as a man singing about heartbreak after being dumped, or as someone singing about lingering feelings after doing the dumping.
The curiosity about how your ex has changed, who they’re seeing now, and the hope that you might get back together are emotions anyone who’s experienced a breakup has probably felt.
If trying your best to forget only makes your mind even more consumed by that person, then, like in this song, maybe letting yourself fully sink into those lingering feelings will actually help you take a bold step forward.
tobacco / cigarette(s)Koresawa
“A cigarette” that stays by your side when you’re stuck thinking, “If only I’d done things differently back then…” This song, released in 2017 by singer-songwriter Koresawa—who creates a wide range of music from cute pop to warm acoustic sounds—captures the sentimental emotions of losing a lover with lyrics that are truly tear-inducing.
It’s a melodic track where her vocals, both powerful and fragile, resonate deeply.
If you find yourself recalling exchanges with a past partner, give it a listen.
Everyday Revolutionneguse.
This is a song by Neguse that delicately portrays the pain of heartbreak and resonates deeply with the heart.
It chronicles how everyday life is transformed by a breakup with a lover, set to a gentle melody.
The fading of ordinary morning scenes and the memories the two shared invites listeners’ empathy.
Included on the mini-album “Wonderland ni Aijō o!” released in September 2022, the track became a hot topic on social media platforms such as TikTok.
It’s a warmhearted breakup song that comforts those who can’t forget an ex and aren’t yet able to move on to a new love.
an unrelated personKaneyori Masaru
A song that steals your heart with a heartrending voice.
It delicately weaves the complex feelings of a protagonist who can’t move on after a breakup.
Wanting to forget yet unable to, not wanting to see them yet longing to—those contradictory emotions pierce the heart.
Released digitally by the rock band Kaneyori Masaru in April 2022, the track also drew attention with its music video on YouTube.
It’s a song that stays close to those suffering the pain of heartbreak or who have experienced parting with someone dear.
The kind of track you’ll want to listen to alone, shut away in your room.
Street Loveindigo la End
Torikoi portrays unwavering feelings for a former lover.
The song is included on indigo la End’s album “Nureyuku Watashi Shousetsu.” Reading through the lyrics, it seems the two were having a secret romance.
They couldn’t tell anyone, and perhaps it ended without even being allowed to cling on at the moment of parting.
Even so, the fact that they can still say “I love you” shows how serious it was.
People say a new love heals a broken heart, but it’s also okay to have a love that you hold onto like this.
misfortuneren
“Fushi-awase” — that’s exactly how you feel after parting ways with someone precious, isn’t it? This song, released in 2023 by singer-songwriter Ren, was created with a focus on the emotions of a man right after a breakup.
It captures the struggle to convert sadness into some other feeling and to force a mental shift before you’re swallowed up by the darkness.
Throughout the track, the determination to stay positive clashes with an inability to fully let go, and that unresolved longing spills out from start to finish.
It’s a recommended song for anyone who’s thinking, “I’ll try my best—but I just can’t.”
I don’t like it.yangusukinii
A four-piece rock band formed by members who met on social media, Young Skinny, sings a song that portrays the bittersweet feelings of a woman who can’t forget a past love.
She’s thrown away all the mementos to move on to her next relationship, yet the memories alone won’t fade, and she finds herself remembering him in unguarded moments—an experience many of us have had.
The more you tell yourself you’ve moved on, the more the memories stick.
For those who wonder, “Why can’t I just let go?”, this breakup song gently reassures: “Everyone feels this way.
You’ll be okay.”