[Songs with Great Lyrics] Masterpieces you’ll want to listen to while savoring the words that resonate with your heart
Have you ever had the experience where a song you heard in a fleeting moment felt like its lyrics were written just for you, piercing straight into your heart?Songs whose lyrics—beyond just the melody—truly resonate have a mysterious power to spark new realizations and emotions every time you listen.In this article, we’ve gathered songs with lyrics so compelling you’ll find yourself rereading them again and again.From timeless classics to the latest hits, it’s a lineup of masterpieces beloved by listeners of all generations!We hope you find a song that gently stays by your side.
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[Songs with Great Lyrics] Masterpieces to savor as you listen to words that resonate in your heart (71–80)
Just… I miss youEXILE
Among EXILE’s early love songs, “Tada… Aitakute” is especially popular.
Its gentle accompaniment, centered on piano and strings, further enhances the beauty of the lyrics.
Many men can likely relate to the words, which poignantly depict a lost love, one’s own helplessness, and lingering regrets.
Some may even have shed tears listening to this song after a breakup.
It’s a supreme love ballad that truly embodies EXILE at their best.
To the futureKiroro
Released in 1998 as Kiroro’s second single.
It’s often sung at middle and high school choral competitions and is strongly associated with graduation songs.
The lyrics vividly express gratitude to one’s mother and inspire the feeling of “Let’s do our best toward the future.”
A Bouquet for YouUtada Hikaru
This song by Hikaru Utada, which was used as the theme for the NHK morning drama series “Toto Nee-chan,” is charming for its very gentle and beautiful tone, isn’t it? As the title suggests, the lyrics are perfect for giving a bouquet—expressing gratitude or celebrating special moments.
However, there’s also a theory that Utada wrote this song for her late mother.
When you reread the lyrics with that in mind, they certainly can feel like words conveying gratitude and love at the time of parting.
Either way, it’s a masterpiece that conveys a tenderness filled to the brim with Utada’s love.
[Songs with Great Lyrics] Masterpieces You’ll Want to Listen to While Savoring Words that Resonate in Your Heart (81–90)
A bouquet of flowers with loveSuperfly
A single released by Superfly in 2008.
Carried by Shiho Ochi’s powerful vocals, it unfolds movingly with the joy of finding a place where the heart can return.
After taking many detours, getting hurt, and still moving forward, it sings grandly of a love found with one’s dearest person.
It also feels like an encouraging song that lifts your spirits, reminding you that everyone will surely meet someone special.
Family SongHoshino Gen
Many of you might strongly associate it with the drama “Overprotected Kahoko,” starring Mitsuki Takahata, since it was the theme song.
It’s Gen Hoshino’s “Family Song.” True to its title, it’s a “song about family” that fits the drama perfectly, but if you listen closely, it’s a deeply moving piece.
It’s a track filled with a big, heartfelt love that resonates not only with family, but with many different people and moments.
KBUMP OF CHICKEN
It’s a set of winter-themed lyrics about a black cat who has been hated by people and lived in loneliness, but for the first time feels someone’s kindness and risks its life for another.
There are more than a few of us humans who carry the same kind of loneliness as this black cat, the protagonist.
Even for people like that, having even one person who stands by them—someone who stays close—might allow them to start moving forward again when they feel that kindness; perhaps this holy knight teaches us that.
No matter how much you’re despised, this song conveys the meaning of touching courage and kindness—the kind that lets you try a little harder for the ones you love.
Ms. Hanako on a high pedestalback number
When it comes to love songs, you simply can’t leave out back number.
Their song “Takane no Hanako-san” is the band’s eighth single, released in 2013.
It’s an unrequited love song, but it’s filled with an adorably earnest male perspective that makes you want to root for him.
The lyrics feel very real—rather than being purely heartbreaking, the daydreams and “we’ve all been there” moments of a crush are a little chuckle-worthy yet still resonate deeply.