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 (11–20)
PretenderOfisharu Higedan Dism
Among Official HIGE DANDism’s songs, this is the one that truly set off their surge in popularity.
The song’s charm lies, above all, in its heartrending lyrics.
The protagonist is a man who realizes, “I’m not the one who can make her happy.” He can no longer even confess his love—he can only tell her she’s “beautiful.” Even though he loves her deeply, he has to step back, and that feeling tightens our chests as well.
HeyDREAMS COME TRUE
Although it’s a bittersweet song, you can also feel a positive message urging us not to be bound by memories forever and to keep moving forward.
It was released in 2010 as DREAMS COME TRUE’s 46th single.
Miwa Yoshida’s soaring vocals are truly wonderful.
The emotions packed into the song come through so powerfully.
Given its content, I’d recommend it not so much as a breakup song to listen to yourself, but as a song to give to a friend who’s heartbroken and feeling down.
Before GoodbyeAAA
AAA, a group especially popular among young people.
This song portrays the realities of love.
It carries a message akin to a truth of romance: spending time loving each other even as you head toward a breakup.
Love involves meetings and partings… and yet we keep on falling in love.
You can feel the human, dramatic emotion throughout.
Recommended even for those who aren’t AAA fans.
Tulipindigo la End
A gemlike ballad by indigo la End that richly portrays the process of losing someone dear, using the language of flowers that symbolizes the end of love as its motif.
It deftly weaves in the tulip’s meanings—red for a confession of love, yellow for unrequited love, and white for lost love—delicately expressing how feelings once fully dyed begin to fade.
Released as a digital single in February 2020 and later included on the album “Yakō Himitsu,” this song gently accompanies those who cannot yet accept a farewell or who wish to linger in memories of someone special.
bleachingaimyon
A coming-of-age love song that depicts the pure feelings of teenage love, along with mistakes, regrets, and growth.
Written by Aimyon as the theme song for the film “Rennai Kitan-shu,” this piece, released alongside the movie in February 2017, gently delivers the universal joys and heartaches of love through a tender melody that aligns with the film’s worldview.
With a mellow sound that draws on folk-rock elements and a theme of emotional cleansing, this song will quietly stay by your side when you want to heal the wounds of love or reflect on precious memories.
I became someone else’s girlfriend.wacci
A song by wacci included on the 2018 album Ultramarine Refrain.
It sparked mixed reactions because a man sings from a woman’s perspective, but it’s a breakup song that really hits home.
She gets fed up with her boyfriend and starts dating someone else, but the more time she spends with her new partner, the more she’s reminded of her ex and compares them—realizing, “I still love him.” Haven’t you ever felt that way too?
Tear-Jerking Farewell Songs: Love Songs About Parting with Someone You Love (21–30)
Instead of goodbyeJUJU
Sung about the moment of parting with a lover whose heart has drifted away, JUJU’s “Instead of Goodbye.” It’s the ultimate heartbreak song that pierces the hearts of those who’ve gone through a painful breakup, those who suspect their partner’s feelings have changed, and those who are about to face that moment.
JUJU’s beautiful high-tone voice further accentuates the poignancy of the song.
The more memories of happy moments you have, the deeper and greater the wound at the time of parting—what a bitter irony.
