[Tears of Joy] Beautiful Friendship Songs with Lyrics You’ll Want to Gift to a Dear Friend
For occasions like celebrating a friend’s wedding, farewell parties for a job transfer or move, or graduation…
Many people may be looking for songs to give in place of parting words, or background music for a message video.
But even when it comes to friendship songs, it can be hard to come up with ideas.
So in this article, we’ll introduce plenty of recommended friendship songs with especially moving lyrics!
There are many songs whose lyrics let you look back on the bonds and memories you’ve built and reaffirm your friendship, so please use this as a reference!
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[Tearjerker] Beautiful Friendship Songs with Lyrics You’ll Want to Send to a Dear Friend (21–30)
Take Me MaybePenthouse
Please consider gifting this song to friends you’ll be parting with upon graduation.
It’s a track by the six-member coed band Penthouse, included on their first album, “Balcony,” released in January 2023.
Warm and inviting, the piece blends a band sound with the gentle timbre of piano.
A highlight is the beautiful harmony of the two vocalists, Namioka and Oshima.
Many listeners will relate to the lyric: “Even if we’re far apart, you’re always in my heart.”
small talkYAJICO GIRL
Casual conversations with friends and the everyday moments you spend together will one day become precious memories… When loneliness weighs on you, I believe this song can help.
It’s a track by the city-pop band YAJICO GIRL from Osaka, released digitally in 2021.
The effortless, stylish sound is exceptionally easy on the ears, and its rhythmic groove makes your body sway on its own.
This song will help you rediscover the happiness of sharing time with someone.
[Tearjerker] Beautiful friendship songs with lyrics you’ll want to gift to a dear friend (31–40)
It doesn’t meltmakaroni enpitsu
“Tokeranai” released by Macaroni Empitsu in 2020.
That curious title makes sense once you hear it was written for Glico’s Seventeen Ice web commercial.
When written in hiragana, “tokeranai” carries multiple meanings, and the lyrics seem to fit all of them.
It’s a song that makes you think: during those youthful years of uncertainty about how to live, spending time with various friends, you pass through moments that feel both understandable and unknowable—time that just won’t melt away.
SONG 4 UGReeeeN
It’s a straightforward friendship song that sings, “No matter how much time passes, I want us to stay in a relationship where we can laugh together like we do now.” It’s a track by the popular music group GReeeeN, known for hits like “Kiseki” and “Hoshikage no Yell,” and it’s included on their 12th album, Rockin’ Beats, released in December 2022.
The lyrics, which convey the joy of having met and gratitude for an irreplaceable presence, are moving to tears.
Surely you, too, have someone you feel this way about.
one’s true feelingssumika
It’s a message song that powerfully sings, “No matter what happens, we’ll be okay.” Created by the Kanagawa-born rock band sumika, it was released in 2021 as their 10th single.
It drew attention when it was chosen as the official support song for the 99th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament.
This grand rock ballad, resounding with strings and piano, moves you with its sound alone.
When a dear friend is about to go far away, give them this song and tell them, “It’s going to be okay.”
weNishino Kana
When you think of Kana Nishino, you might strongly associate her with love songs, but personally, I want to champion her friendship songs! Of course there’s her signature track “Best Friend,” and this 2012 release, “Watashitachi (Us),” is also a truly wonderful song! From the very first line it hits you hard—so moving you can’t help but cry.
Every vividly drawn lyric that looks back on the past, together with Nishino’s vocals, brings tears to your eyes.
Having someone who understands you better than you understand yourself is such a blessing, isn’t it? A gentle warmth wells up, and you’ll feel like expressing gratitude to your cherished partner or friends.
It’s a beautiful song that even makes you feel like the future of “us” is eternal.
Why not send those feelings—“Let’s keep looking out for each other from here on, too”—the ones that feel too embarrassing to say out loud, along with this song?
If you laugh at the skywacci
For those who play on a school team or have friends who unite toward a single goal, this is the song I really want you to hear! When you’re working hard in a club or striving toward a goal, not all of your efforts are always rewarded.
There are times when results don’t go your way and things feel tough.
But isn’t it the presence of friends and teammates that helps you keep going even then? The lyrics of this song portray the bonds with those friends and teammates who have supported each other and worked hard together.
Listening to it makes you feel that these youthful experiences will surely remain precious treasures throughout the rest of your life.
