A Tearful Farewell Song: A Love Song About Parting with Someone You Love
Even when you understand it in your head, an unexpected breakup with a partner is hard because your feelings can’t keep up.
Everyone has different reasons for breaking up, but I imagine most people feel the same way—“it hurts,” “I just want to cry.”
In this article, we’re picking out tear-jerking breakup songs from popular love songs.
Focusing on tracks that sing about lingering feelings of love, we’ll introduce breakup songs that stay close to your heart.
When you feel like crying, give them a listen.
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[Tear-Jerking Farewell Songs] Love songs about parting with someone you love (91–100)
Farewell Songnever young beach
Included as the final track on the 2016 release “fam fam.” The music video, depicting cohabitation and starring Nana Komatsu, feels so real it hardly seems like acting, and you can’t help but empathize with it.
In contrast, the guitar riff in the intro is so bright that it makes you want to cry all the more.
Rather than a clash of hearts, it carries a warmth that suits a forward-looking parting.
Be sure to take it in through both the lyrics and the music video.
fireworksSandaime Jē Sōru Burazāzu fromu Eguzairu Toraibu
By likening a wistful summer romance to fireworks, it conveys a moody, mature kind of melancholy.
While many summer songs are bright, this one beautifully expresses the fleeting beauty of fireworks and the lingering presence of the woman he lost, capturing a sadness that feels like a man’s wistful sorrow.
It’s a truly wonderful song.
[Tearjerking Farewell Songs] Love songs about breaking up with someone you love (101–110)
The summer you gave meieiri reo
This song was written as the theme for Fuji TV’s Monday 9 p.m.
drama “Koinaka.” No matter how many times the seasons come back around, the memories from when you were in love vividly return, don’t they? Even after becoming an adult and being caught up in everyday life, the sweet, bittersweet moments spent with someone you loved come back with each passing season.
It’s a heartbreakingly sad breakup song like that.
Graduation PhotoMatsutōya Yumi
It’s a classic graduation song! The lyrics describe spotting that special someone from your school days in town, looking just like they did in your graduation photo.
But you’ve been changed by the world and lose your nerve, unable to call out to them… the song really conveys a bittersweet feeling.
Narratageadieu
This song, Narataju, sung by actress Moka Kamishiraishi.
When it was first released, only the artist name adieu was revealed and nothing else about her identity, which, together with that clear, translucent voice, became a hot topic.
The song was produced by Yojiro Noda of RADWIMPS and was also made into a film of the same name.
It’s a song about someone you’ve always loved, someone you can’t forget, and it brings on a tightening, heartrending sorrow.
It’s the kind of song that makes you cry as you remember that unforgettable someone who resides deep in your heart.
Secret, voice of my heartKuraki Mai
After breaking up with a lover, you sometimes find yourself wishing you could go back to the good times.
That feeling is captured in “Secret, voice of my heart.” The song is performed by Mai Kuraki.
This might remind you of her classic “Secret of my heart,” right? In fact, both songs are theme songs for the Detective Conan series, and it’s said the title was chosen as an homage.
Both are bittersweet ballads, so it might be nice to listen to them together.
MPRINCESS PRINCESS
Released as the B-side to Princess Princess’s smash-hit single “Diamonds,” “M” is a song that frankly and unreservedly puts into words the singer’s feelings for a man she broke up with.
Based on the real-life experiences of the band’s drummer, Kyoko Tomita, it features fresh, youthful lyrics.
Although it was initially treated as just a B-side, the single’s huge success has since elevated it to one of the band’s signature songs—a touching classic that teaches us it’s okay to express our feelings without holding back.
