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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[Tearjerking Farewell Songs] Love songs about breaking up with someone you love (101–110)
You look like an idiot.Saucy Dog
It’s a bittersweet song about breaking up with a lover.
It weaves together complex emotions like lingering attachment, hope, and disappointment, making it relatable to anyone who’s experienced heartbreak.
The way it portrays the feeling of calling yourself “so foolish” for not being able to be honest is striking, expressed in down-to-earth words.
Released by Saucy Dog on August 2, 2024, this track is recommended for times when you want to heal the wounds of a breakup or face your own feelings.
It might even be good to listen alone and let the tears flow.
I won’t fall in love anymore.Makihara Noriyuki
One of Noriyuki Makihara’s signature songs and a classic breakup tune.
It’s a bittersweet piece that portrays a man’s feelings as he notices all the little disruptions in his everyday life caused by their separation, yet does his best to act tough.
In the end, however, you can sense a hopeful resolve to move forward without regretting that he loved her.
Rejected-Love GirlSayuri
Some of you might recognize the name “Sanketsu Shoujo Sayuri.” She calls herself a “2.5-dimensional parallel singer-songwriter who sings the feelings of the oxygen-deprived generation,” and I can’t help but wonder if “oxygen-deprived” is a symbol of how hard it is to live in this era.
This song is by RADWIMPS’ Yojiro Noda, and remarkably, Noda also produced the entire track.
The straightforward lyrics—“We broke up, but I still miss you…”—reveal a girl’s hidden bravado.
It’s a song I’d like to dedicate to women nursing a broken heart.
Sly womanSha ran Q
A signature song by Sharam Q, also famous for having Tsunku♂—well known as a producer—serve as the vocalist.
From the very first lines, you can immediately tell it’s a breakup song.
It’s about having done everything for a lover and then, at the moment of parting, letting out all the pent-up frustrations.
Listening to it might leave you feeling refreshed.
A love song dedicated to youHamada Shogo
It’s a song by Shogo Hamada.
Was the person they parted from a lover, or a partner after marriage? You can imagine it was a painful separation, but it’s a masterpiece that conveys how the one left behind gradually recovers and resolves to live on again.
[A Tear-Jerking Farewell Song] Love Songs About Parting with Someone You Love (111–120)
I feel like I’m about to cry feat. AimyonRADWIMPS
This lavish collaboration between RADWIMPS and Aimyon, the song “Nakedasoudayo feat.
Aimyon” (“I’m About to Cry feat.
Aimyon”), is included on RADWIMPS’ 2018 album ANTI ANTI GENERATION.
When Yojiro Noda sings, it can feel like the song is from a male perspective, but Aimyon’s vocals instantly bring in a female viewpoint, making it feel more relatable.
It’s a track that conveys an inescapable, hazy sense of frustration.
Goodbyeofukōsu
Released in 1979, “Sayonara” is a masterpiece that catapulted Off Course to widespread fame.
Its incredibly famous opening lines and chorus are likely familiar to just about everyone.
It’s rare to find a song that portrays the sadness and raw emotion of a breakup between a man and a woman as powerfully as this one does.
The conflicting feelings of still longing for you even after saying goodbye only heighten the heartache.
There are many cover versions by various artists, so why not listen and compare?
