[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 You’ll Want to Listen to While Savoring Words that Resonate in Your Heart (81–90)
A bird that cannot flyyuzu
Yuzu has many songs with moving lyrics that resonate deeply.
Their track “Tobenai Tori” (“Flightless Bird”) is also filled with a range of emotions and inspiration.
Released in 2000 as Yuzu’s 10th single, it was also used as a TV drama theme song.
Sometimes you feel down even when nothing in particular has happened—no incidents or failures.
This is a song that gently cleanses that heavy, gloomy feeling, and after listening, it makes you think, “Alright, I’ll try my best again tomorrow.”
Excessive WealthShiina Ringo
Although it’s not a poppy, upbeat melody and probably not for everyone, there are surprisingly many people who say they love this song.
There seem to be as many interpretations of the lyrics as there are listeners, and that’s another reason it’s cherished.
One possible reading is that true happiness or wealth is something you define for yourself—that the ability to make your own choices might itself be a kind of riches.
What do you think?
Long DreamYU-KI
YUKI, who once made her mark as the vocalist of JUDY AND MARY and later began working as a solo singer.
Her distinctive voice is captivating, and she’s released many songs with catchy, easy-to-listen-to melodies that really stick with you! The fairy-tale-like intro that evokes a storybook world is especially cute, isn’t it? In contrast to the cheerful mood of the song, the lyrics carry a certain sense of poignancy.
As it turns out, this song is said to be dedicated to YUKI’s son, who sadly departed for heaven at a very young age.
The lyrics aren’t expressed in a straightforward way, so interpretations may vary, but within the sadness you can also read a hopeful message to her son—and to those of us left behind.
IHoshino Gen
A folk song of exceptionally high purity in both arrangement and lyrics by Gen Hoshino, an artist who, after the 2010s, gained cross-generational support and broke beyond the bounds of pop musicianship.
The latter half of the 2010s could be described as an era of division, and this song’s appeal lies in lyrics that gently nudge you forward—not with harsh expressions, but with unadorned, kind words—against an aggressive, unforgiving, and difficult world.
It lets you fully savor the unique turns of phrase only he can deliver, and when you’re worn out, you might find comfort in its warm words that offer modest courage and hope.
MPRINCESS PRINCESS
A signature love song by PuriPuri released in 1992! It’s said to be based on one of the band member’s own romance, written to comfort her after a breakup.
The piano intro draws you right in.
While thinking of the initials of the person she loved still left in her address book, she sings about the end of a romance.
It’s a timeless classic that gently stays by the side of anyone nursing a broken heart.
beetle (specifically, a rhinoceros beetle)aiko
Aiko has released a wide range of songs, from pop tunes to tear-jerking ballads.
Her songs about love in particular resonate with many women in love.
Among them, “Kabutomushi” is a ballad in which she likens herself to a rhinoceros beetle.
The lyrics, which express feelings for someone she can no longer meet, are interspersed with uniquely rendered scenes of changing seasons and emotions, making the song even more beautiful.
It’s not just a bittersweet love song; I feel this song taught me the importance of the very act of caring for someone.
[Songs with Great Lyrics] Masterpieces You’ll Want to Listen to While Savoring Words That Resonate in Your Heart (91–100)
planetariumOtsuka Ai
This is a song featured in the drama Hana Yori Dango.
It really captures the relationship between the heroine and her lover.
They aren’t completely in mutual love, but whenever they feel hurt, they think of each other and realize how irreplaceable they are.
The bittersweet melody and lyrics are very beautiful.