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 (21–30)
fishback number
Back Number’s ninth single, “fish.” It conveys the sadness of a woman who was dumped by the man she loves but still can’t help loving him.
Even though she knows there’s no going back, she dresses in a way he would like… it’s heartbreaking.
I imagine there are many women who, even after being rejected, still can’t bring themselves to dislike their ex.
If you’re going through a tough time, give it a listen.
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.
LemonYonezu Kenshi
Kenshi Yonezu’s “Lemon” became a historic long-running hit.
Yonezu himself reportedly said of the song, “I feel like all I’m saying is, ‘I’m sad that you died.’” Still, it can be taken as a farewell in many situations—an eternal parting with someone who has departed for the sky, or a separation from someone whose feelings drifted away and left you.
We tend to try to forget painful memories, but doesn’t listening to this song make you feel that it’s okay not to force yourself to forget—that it’s fine to keep them tucked away in a corner of your memory as you go on living?
Song of the Eternal NightKami wa saikoro o furanai
A beloved person you can never meet again, a figure so seared into your eyes it won’t fade.
This is a heartbreak song packed to the brim with aching emotion.
It’s a work by the four-piece rock band from Fukuoka, Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai (God Does Not Roll Dice), included on their 2019 mini-album “A View on Lambda.” The song unfolds around the tone of the piano, building into a chorus with a grand arrangement that feels like the heart is bursting.
It’s a ballad that tightens your chest.
Never Grow Upchanmina
Chanmina’s farewell song “Never Grow Up” is cool yet brimming with deep affection.
Even when two people love each other, there’s a “countdown to parting” that begins when they grow out of sync or something just doesn’t click.
The calm acceptance of that fate makes it all the more heartbreaking.
You can almost hear the voice saying, “I still want to love you…”
forget-me-notAwesome City Club
Awesome City Club is a popular three-piece band known for their stylish, urban-sounding music and fashionable visuals.
Their 2021 release Wasurena (Forget-me-not) was created as an inspired song for the buzzworthy film We Made a Beautiful Bouquet.
We all have moments when we recall those happy days that will never return and feel like crying.
But this song is truly wonderful—it helps you shift to a positive mindset, resolving to bloom beautifully like a bouquet when you’re reborn and ready to move forward.
PierceONE OK ROCK
“Pierce” is a breakup song by ONE OK ROCK included on their 2011 studio album Zankyo Reference.
From the very beginning, a melancholic piano melody flows, evoking the sense of loss after a separation.
The lyrics blend English and Japanese, structured in a way that further highlights the meaning of the English lines.
Many will likely relate to the self-questioning and the inability to find answers about the meaning of the breakup.
It’s a song that seems to stay close to those in similar circumstances.