[Great Lyrics!!] Recommended Tear-Jerking Graduation Songs with Heartfelt, Moving Words [2026]
A collection of songs that color graduation ceremonies.
Among them, there’s something special about tracks whose every word of the lyrics resonates deeply in your heart.
Graduation songs that put into words the days spent with friends and the feelings toward the path ahead can bring you to tears every time you listen.
In this article, we’ve carefully selected graduation songs filled with phrases that strike a chord.
From timeless classics sung for generations to newer tracks that are quickly becoming beloved, we’ve picked a wide range.
The lyrics brimming with gratitude for loved ones and hope for the future are sure to move you.
Find the one song that will brighten your new beginning.
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[Great Lyrics!!] Recommended Tearjerking Graduation Songs with Words That Resonate in the Heart [2026] (91–100)
Thank youFUNKY MONKEY BABYS
This song is FUNKY MONKEY BABYS’ final single and a graduation song… and somehow, that alone is enough to move you, isn’t it? The lyrics express gratitude to “you,” the person who shared both the fun times and the tough times during school days.
Surely you, too, have friends, a partner, or a mentor who has always supported you.
It’s a song that overflows with thanks to those people.
Song of the Lunchbox — A Letter to YouHanzaki Yoshiko
When I think of bento songs, I can’t help but remember the children’s song “Obentō-bako no Uta.” But this one is “Obentō-bako no Uta: A Letter to You,” sung by Yoshiko Hanzaki.
It was also broadcast on NHK’s Minna no Uta from April to May 2017.
This song is bright and cute, yet it brings you to tears at the end—a piece filled with a mother’s love.
How did you feel when you ate the bento your mother made? I’m sure that listening to this song will fill you with gratitude.
[Great Lyrics!!] Recommended Tear-Jerking Graduation Songs with Words That Resonate in the Heart [2026] (101–110)
Last SongOfisharu Higedan Dism
There’s a song that begins with a gentle, soothing piano tone, capturing the flood of feelings that come at the moment of parting.
It’s not just about loneliness; it’s filled with gratitude for the time spent together and a hopeful “let’s meet again,” which resonates with those about to graduate.
This moving ballad is a track included on Official HIGE DANDism’s album “Traveler,” released in October 2019.
It was also used as a drama insert song, adding depth to the story.
Satoshi Fujihara’s heartfelt vocals have the power to speak the words we can’t express.
Listen to it during your final moments with friends, and it will surely color an unforgettable page in your memories.
STARTING OVERLittle Glee Monster
Little Glee Monster is a girls’ vocal group with exceptional singing ability and many emotionally resonant songs, popular across genders and ages.
Their track “STARTING OVER” is included on their fifth album, “BRIGHT NEW WORLD,” released in 2020.
Although it’s a graduation song that leans more upbeat and catchy, its lyrics are highly relatable—making it a deeply moving number for anyone about to graduate.
I feel like taking the long way home.Nogizaka 46
This song captivates with its poignant lyrics and hope-filled melody.
It skillfully conveys the feeling of wanting to take the long way home at dusk, intertwining anxiety and anticipation about change.
Released in November 2018 as Nogizaka46’s 22nd single, it debuted at No.
1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
It was also performed at the 69th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, resonating with many people.
It’s especially recommended for times of graduation, parting, or taking a new step forward.
Embracing both lingering attachment to the past and hope for the future, this track gently encourages anyone standing at a turning point in life.
To the days without a nameyama
This is a newly written song for episode 2 of Seven-Eleven’s original anime and yama’s first graduation song.
True to yama’s style, known for many stylish, sophisticated tracks like “Haru wo Tsugeru” and “Curtain Call,” this piece also features a modern sound and the allure of yama’s sultry vocals.
With lyrics that look back on the frenzied, all-out days of youth, it’s a song that’s sure to move you when you listen to it at graduation.
road; way; path; street; route; Tao (in philosophy)EXILE
EXILE’s 23rd single “Michi (Road),” released in 2007.
It’s a song that evokes both a romance tinged with parting and the feeling of graduation as people set off on separate paths.
As graduation approaches, the gratitude you thought you could always express in everyday life can suddenly well up, making you flustered—or leave you unbearably lonely.
When reality finally sinks in, the loneliness does too, but this is a song that makes you think, “I want to hold on to the feelings in this song.”