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.
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Farewell Songs: Goodbye Tunes. Tearful Parting Songs (111–120)
Goodbye to goodbyeKaientai
Parting may be sad, but this one song by the folk group Kaientai teaches us that it’s also something precious that leads to new beginnings.
The lyrics woven by Tetsuya Takeda are filled with hope, suggesting that even farewells spiral like a winding staircase and eventually lead to new encounters.
Many of you may know it as the theme song for the film Doraemon: Nobita’s Diary on the Creation of the World, released in March 1995.
Although it wasn’t released as a single, you can hear it on albums such as Namida, Mizukara Noguisa Reshi Toki (When Tears Wipe Themselves Away).
When you feel a touch of loneliness at life’s turning points, its warm message will fill your heart.
Goodbye, HEROKobukuro
Kobukuro often creates moving songs that empower listeners.
Their track “Sayonara HERO” is another song that gives you strength and even brings a slight tear to your eye.
Released in 2009 on their seventh album, “CALLING,” this song—if you read the lyrics carefully—was dedicated to the late Kiyoshiro Imawano.
The lyrics are filled with heartfelt feelings toward a rock hero, making it a deeply touching piece that strikes right at the heart.
Everyday Revolutionneguse.
Neguse, a band hailing from Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture, delivers “Nichijou Kakumei” (Everyday Revolution), a song that portrays many farewells, new encounters, and the struggles that unfold in between.
Its bittersweet yet powerful lyrics resonate, offering deep comfort to listeners.
Standing at a turning point in life—the sorrow of parting with the days up to now, and the hope for the new future to come—Neguse captures these emotional highs and lows with both delicacy and boldness.
It’s a track that teaches us how the very moment of farewell can prompt us to reevaluate our irreplaceable everyday lives.
Lullaby, goodbyeKuramubon
Clammbon, who also made waves with their appearance at Fuji Rock Festival.
Their poignant song portraying a parting is “Lullaby Sarabai.” The lyrics convey an indescribable sense of helplessness when saying goodbye to a close friend.
It also highlights the subtle shifts of emotion throughout.
By the way, in the acoustic sound version uploaded on YouTube, you can enjoy a quieter, more lullaby-like sound.
How about listening to it on a lonely night, right before you fall asleep?
Tokyoichou BOYZ
Due to a string of member departures, the rock band Ging Nang BOYZ now operates as a solo project by vocalist Kazunobu Mineta.
Tokyo, included on Kimi to Boku no Daisanji Sekai Taisen-teki Renai Kakumei, which was released simultaneously with the album DOOR, is a nostalgic number that opens with a lyrical guitar sound.
The story of two people who met in Tokyo, then part ways and walk their own paths, is something many listeners will likely overlay with their own experiences.
With vividly drawn lyrics that conjure clear scenes and an emotional rock sound that shakes the heart, it’s a sentimental rock tune.
my starRozarīna
A heart-touching song by Rosalía themed around parting with someone precious.
It portrays, through her warm vocals, the sorrow of suddenly losing a loved one and the strength to keep moving forward while holding onto the light they left behind.
Released in August 2023, the track was chosen as the ending theme for Season 2 of the TV anime EDENS ZERO.
It’s a song that will surely resonate with those who have experienced saying goodbye to someone important, or who continue to cherish a loved one in their hearts.
It is an anthem of encouragement for everyone who, even while carrying sadness, strives to face forward with the light that person left within them.
Narratageadieu
Adieu, a singer who also works as an actor under the name Moka Kamishiraishi.
Her 2017 release was featured in the film “Narratage.” It also drew attention because Yojiro Noda, the vocalist of RADWIMPS, wrote and composed it.
Majestic piano tones and beautiful strings resonate throughout, and the gorgeous choral work in the chorus is striking.
The lyrics, themed around parting, are somehow refreshing and evoke a clear, sunny sky.
Her transparent, airy vocals gently envelop feelings of loneliness and solitude.
