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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[Crying-Inducing Farewell Songs] Love songs about parting with someone you love (141–150)
Only dazzling DNAzutto mayonaka de ii no ni.
Have you ever experienced that the world right in front of you turns tasteless the moment you break up with someone you love? ZUTOMAYO’s “Only the Dazzling DNA” sings about that sense of emptiness.
Released digitally in 2019, it chronicles days that feel hollow; the calmly flowing melody and slightly depressed vocal delivery fit perfectly with the post-breakup mood.
Let yourself fall as far as you need to—it’s just a preparation period so you can laugh again.
Supreme SophistryDoramasure
Shijo no Kuron by Drama Store, an orthodox pop band from Osaka.
Its piano melody line is sorrowful yet beautiful.
While the sensational, soap-opera-style music video became a hot topic among fans, the lyrics themselves are literary and profound, prompting some reflection—quite different from the instantly graspable MV.
You can sense the kind of regret that floods your mind after a breakup, the “if only I had done this or that then” feeling.
It’s a song that really hits home when your thoughts are all jumbled.
The meaning of goodbyeNogizaka 46
Nogizaka46’s 16th single, “The Meaning of Goodbye,” was released in 2016.
The song features Nanami Hashimoto in the center position, and it was also performed at that year’s NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
As the title includes “Goodbye,” it’s become a staple farewell song, perfect for the season of partings.
While it is a number about farewells, true to its title, it invites listeners to consider what goodbye really means—suggesting that everything has its own meaning.
It’s a song that might help you feel just a little more positive.
[Tear-Jerking Farewell Songs] Love songs about breaking up with someone you love (151–160)
lipsaiko
Have you ever experienced a romance so deep you could declare, “This person is my everything”? Aiko’s song Kuchibiru—practically a must when it comes to love songs—sings about that kind of grand love, about someone you adore so much, and it’s sure to bring tears to anyone whose heartbreak hasn’t yet healed.
The track is included on Aiko’s tenth album, Time’s Silhouette, released in 2012.
It’s a number that conjures a world where only you and the one you love exist—just the two of you, seeing no one else.
Lingering Snowiruka
Released in November 1975 and selling a total of 800,000 copies, “Nagori Yuki” is Iruka’s signature song.
Written and composed by Masakazu Ise of the group Kaguyahime, the song became famous when Iruka’s cover version turned into a mega-hit.
Its lyrics about an unwilling parting and the song’s emotional world beautifully depict the shift from winter to spring and the changes in environment and relationships.
It’s an immortal classic that we find ourselves listening to every year, as if reliving the memories.
Thank you for liking me.DISH//
A heartwarming ballad in which the protagonist, fresh from a breakup, honestly conveys the gratitude they held for their lover.
Delicate piano melodies and DISH//’s gentle vocals carefully weave together the protagonist’s feelings of “thank you.” It portrays emotions anyone who has experienced love can relate to—thoughts left unsaid at the moment of parting, gratitude for the days spent together, and the wish for the other person’s happiness.
Originally included as a B-side to the single “Hengao de Bye Bye!!,” released in December 2014, this song also received a retake version on the album “Ao,” released in September 2022.
It’s a track you’ll want to listen to when you wish to express gratitude to someone important, or when you’re trying to overcome a breakup.
single bedSha ran Q
This was Sharam Q’s first million-selling single, released in 1994.
Although it peaked at No.
9 on the Oricon charts, it caught fire through cable radio and continued to sell for several years after its release, becoming the band’s signature monster hit.
The realistic lyrics and the tear-jerking melody—beloved by Japanese listeners—that fuses kayōkyoku and rock showcase Tsunku’s talent.