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 (181–190)
Parting Flowersurii
Sully, a singer-songwriter also known as a Vocaloid producer, wrote “Wakarebana” after experiencing the loss of someone dear to him.
The song expresses gratitude to someone he can no longer meet and the longing he feels for them.
Despite its sorrowful theme, the melody is upbeat.
Listen with that contrast in mind.
By the way, “wakarebana” refers to the flowers placed in a coffin at a funeral.
Keeping that in mind will help the song’s message resonate even more.
Goodbye, YesterdayTUBE
It’s a single by TUBE released in 1991.
Despite its rather daring composition—pairing a cheerful Latin rhythm that hardly feels like a breakup song with roaring electric guitar and an enka-style melody—it’s a track that overflows with TUBE’s signature character.
After the early-summer rain passes bySanīdēi Sābisu
Sunny Day Service, led by Keiichi Sokabe.
This is a track from their album “Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari,” released when they reunited after disbanding in 2000—a comeback after ten years.
The pleasant month of May and the literary lyrics evoke the 1990s.
It’s a song depicting a man and a woman parting ways, as memories are washed away with the seasonal rain.
Cactus Flowerchūrippu
It’s a song used in the 1990s drama “Under One Roof.” Although it has a bright melody, it’s unmistakably a breakup song.
The lyrics express hope: as the cactus flower left behind by the lover blooms, the winter of parting ends and spring begins.
MissingKubota Toshinobu
This is one of Toshinobu Kubota’s signature songs, first included on his debut album “SAKE IT PARADICE,” released in 1986.
Despite not being a single, it became an exceptional hit.
The song resonates with the pain of wanting to forget an unrequited love but being unable to, and it has been covered and cherished by many artists.
AitaiKato Miria
The pain of parting, the sorrow, and the lingering feelings—these all come together in the masterpiece “Aitai.” Miliyah Kato’s heartrending voice reaches straight into the listener’s heart.
Portraying the anguish of unrequited love that anyone might experience and the sadness of a distance that won’t close with the one you love, this song grips your chest tighter each time you hear it.
Yet its gentle melody quietly stays by your side, reminding you of the bittersweetness of falling in love.
It may give you the courage to overcome a breakup and the strength to take a new step forward.
When you’re heartbroken, listen to Miliyah Kato’s “Aitai.” Your emotions are sure to overflow.
Baby, bye-byeCIMBA
This song “Baby Bye Bye,” sung by R&B singer-songwriter CIMBA, is one that you can’t help but be drawn to for its realistic lyrics.
Even though his girlfriend leaves him, he insists he’s not down and is living the same fun life as always—but that bravado ends up sounding empty.
You can feel a man’s utmost show of toughness in this track.
In the end, the very act of putting on a brave face means he can’t forget, doesn’t it… It’s a breakup song whose emotional weight is far heavier than its light, breezy sound would suggest.
