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 breaking up with someone you love (191–200)
distress (at sea/in the mountains); being lost; stranded; a disaster situationToukyou Jihen
Since the flower of love has already bloomed, the two of us have to find the answer on our own until the moment it withers—a weighty number.
After crossing the line of a comfortable distance, we gradually start interfering with each other; even as we hurt one another, as long as we’re still in love, we can’t bring ourselves to utter a definitive answer…
It’s a song that vividly captures that kind of messy quagmire.
Silent EveKarashima Midori
It’s a classic song about a winter farewell.
It seems the man this woman loves already has someone he cares for.
The woman in the song has the strength to initiate the breakup herself, yet she also conveys a tender, feminine vulnerability.
Karashima’s clear, transparent voice carries the sadness straight to the listener.
MemoryEvery Little Thing
Looking back, even now the traces of a precious person I parted with still cling to a corner of my heart.
Even so, I try to shake it off and move forward, but I still can’t smile well.
It’s a bittersweet heartbreak song like that.
Kaori Mochida’s transparent voice overflows with poignancy.
Can’t Say Anything… SummerTHE JAYWALK
This song, which became J-WALK’s biggest hit, expresses the disappointment and regret of not being able to gently cherish the woman who was always there by his side supporting him, and losing her.
It’s an adult, bittersweet summer farewell song.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbyeGōruden Bonbā
A track that closes Golden Bomber’s second album, No Music, No Weapon, released in 2015.
It’s a straightforward ballad without any comedic elements, expressing the bittersweet feeling of trying to forget an ex-lover but being unable to, no matter what.