Farewell Song: A goodbye song. A tearful parting song.
In life, we encounter many farewells at various milestones—graduation, transfers, retirement, pursuing our dreams, and even heartbreak.
Even when we know that parting is a step toward a new path, leaving our current environment can still bring feelings of loneliness and pain.
Conversely, sending someone off on their new journey can be just as difficult.
In this article, we introduce songs that center on different farewell scenarios in life—friendships, romance, graduation, and more.
We’ve carefully selected masterpieces that give you the courage to overcome the anxiety of a new path and the pain of parting, transforming them into new strength.
We’ll present wonderful tracks that will make you feel that farewells, too, have meaning.
- [Songs of Bereavement] Songs about losing someone dear. Tracks to listen to while thinking of a loved one.
- [Song for a Departure] A send-off song for you. A classic masterpiece among departure songs.
- Farewell Songs: Tracks that sing various kinds of “goodbyes”
- [Tearjerker] Songs that make your heart tremble with tears & moving tracks with lyrics that touch the soul
- Farewell Songs: Karaoke tunes to sing at a farewell party. Goodbye songs.
- [Gratitude, Encouragement, Memories] Tear-Jerking Graduation Songs You Can’t Listen to Without Crying [2026]
- [Songs About Loving Yet Parting] Love songs for those who want to overcome heartbreak
- A Tearful Farewell Song: A Love Song About Parting with Someone You Love
- Songs to Play at My Own Funeral: Timeless Gems to Make Farewells Uniquely My Own
- [A moving friendship song] For dear friends and best friends. Songs of friendship that make you feel the bond.
- A song about losing a friend: bereavement, betrayal, and separation.
- Only masterpieces that color the season of meetings and farewells! Spring songs recommended for Gen Z.
- [So touching it makes you cry] A heartbreakingly wistful and sad song that tightens your chest
Farewell Etude: Songs of Goodbye. Tearful Farewell Songs (91–100)
See you again.Yano Akiko
Akiko Yano is a singer-songwriter with a broad musical palette and taste that transcends generations and genres, and she continues to be supported by a wide range of listeners.
“Mata Aone,” from her fourth album Gohan ga Dekitayo, stands out with its sprightly arrangement paired with her distinctive, cute vocals.
Many of us have probably experienced deciding to part ways while our feelings struggle to catch up.
It’s a pop yet bittersweet love song that carries a sense of melancholy within its refreshing melody.
GoodbyeŌhara Sakurako
There are breakups where you don’t part because you fell out of love, but because you have to, even though you still care for each other.
Many people have probably experienced something like that.
Sakurako Ohara’s song “Sayonara” is a goodbye song that will bring tears to anyone who’s gone through such a painful parting, filled with heartache and the feeling of truly loving someone.
Surely everyone has had a farewell that felt like this.
It’s a bittersweet number that brings back those feelings lingering deep in your heart.
Azure Swimnishina
This song, which opens with the striking scene of “releasing goldfish into a pool,” is by the singer-songwriter Nina-san.
It’s a gentle ballad where piano and strings stand out throughout, and the lyrics depict friends graduating from school and heading down their own paths.
The feelings surrounding graduation and starting a new life—such as the sadness of leaving the environment you’ve known and the anxiety of taking on challenges in a new place—are portrayed beautifully.
It blends not only direct expressions but also abstract ones, making it sure to resonate with the emotions you’re carrying.
I want to become a cherry blossom tree.AKB48
Isn’t this a farewell song that can bring tears even to those who aren’t AKB48 fans? I’ve heard many schools sing it at graduation ceremonies.
Using a cherry tree as its motif, the lyrics gently tell those setting off that even if you lose your way, I’ll always be here watching over you.
This kindness speaks to people of every generation.
It’s a landmark farewell song that showcases the skill of lyricist Yasushi Akimoto.
Path of HopeSambomasutā
Some departures are filled with hope, while others are full of uncertainty.
This is a perfect song for anyone standing on the verge of any kind of new beginning.
Sambomaster’s music always gives us courage, doesn’t it? It’s wonderful how, in this song, Sambomaster quietly whispers, “You’ll be just fine—there’s nothing you can’t do.” Their usual shouts are toned down quite a bit.
It’s a song I’d love to hear on the morning of a new departure.
rememberUru
It’s not a song that depicts a breakup directly, but this track sung by singer-songwriter Uru is one I’d love for you to listen to in a farewell scene.
The lyrics convey the message that being apart doesn’t mean the relationship is over; no matter how far you are, you can remain connected at heart.
It’s a song that can give you the courage to accept and overcome the farewell you’re facing with someone important.
Coupled with Uru’s clear, beautiful voice, it’s a masterpiece that gently seeps into the depths of your heart.
Little sister now.rekishi
A breakup number by Rekishi that pairs historical themes with exquisitely tasteful lyrics and ultra-poppy music.
It takes the form of a letter from the protagonist, who is setting off as a kenzuishi envoy, to the family he’s leaving behind in his hometown.
The lyrics vividly imagine the feelings of people from that era—like mistaking Ono no Imoko, who’s on the same ship, for a woman, and sensing he’ll likely never return home.
It’s incredible.