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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- [Tearjerker] Songs that make your heart tremble with tears & moving tracks with lyrics that touch the soul
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- [A moving friendship song] For dear friends and best friends. Songs of friendship that make you feel the bond.
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- [So touching it makes you cry] A heartbreakingly wistful and sad song that tightens your chest
Farewell Songs: Goodbye Ballads. Tearful Parting Songs (131–140)
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Wacci, who have created numerous love songs to date, depict in this track a heartrending breakup story told from a woman’s perspective.
She seems to be in a relationship with a man, but it appears he’s been seeing another woman.
Realizing this, she decides to break up with him in order to move forward.
Even though she did nothing wrong, she was cheated on—an unbearably painful emptiness that could bring you to tears.
Please listen while picturing the story woven into these lyrics.
I didn’t want to know, if it meant losing it.atarayo
A three-piece rock band, Atarayo.
They wrote “I Wish I Didn’t Know, If I’m Going to Lose It” as a tie-in song for a project in which they solicited personal stories from various people.
The song is based on an episode submitted by a particular couple, and it intentionally centers on a woman who pretends not to know her boyfriend’s secret.
Listening to the track, you can feel not only the narrative quality but also the emotions left unspoken.
If you’re interested, check it out alongside the original story submissions.
It was a romance.Kubota Kai
Let me introduce “It Was Romance,” a song that’s been spreading by word of mouth, especially on TikTok.
It’s a track by singer-songwriter and rapper Kai Kubota.
The song opens with a scene where the protagonist is told over the phone that their partner is breaking up with them, and it portrays the rush of complex emotions that well up inside.
The lyrics are quite heartrending, but the ending expresses a more positive outlook.
It’s a tearjerker, yet it’s also recommended when you want to feel encouraged.
The drama-style music video is also well worth watching.
Hyperventilation LoveTonbokōpu
Tonbo Corp is a four-piece rock band whose members each have different musical tastes, and the genre-defying songs born from that diversity are expanding their fanbase.
Their song “Hyperventilating Love,” included on their first mini-album “Metamorphosis,” was selected as the opening theme for the TV drama “Yawa-otoko to Kata-ko.” The lyrics, which evoke the image of a couple who part ways after relentlessly colliding with each other’s feelings, portray a relationship that can’t be mended no matter what.
It’s a fast-paced rock tune whose breezy ensemble—at odds with the weight of the lyrics—creates a striking impact.
Don’t go.Souta
Sota, a Vocaloid producer who began activity in 2012, has created numerous songs that have entered the Hall of Fame.
“Ika Naité,” which became his first Hall of Fame entry with his eighth release, is notable for its arrangement that feels light yet tinged with melancholy.
The lyrics portray someone seeing off a beloved person who is leaving, hiding their true feelings—an emotional story that tightens the chest with its heartrending sadness.
It’s a sentimental Vocaloid track that is sure to resonate with anyone who has faced the complex emotions that come before a parting.
existenceTENSONG
This is a heart-stirring song by TENSONG that vividly portrays the pain of heartbreak.
Released in December 2020, the track was created by guitarist Takuman based on his real-life experience, carefully depicting the emotions of being trapped in memories while trying to take a new step forward.
Vocalist Takabo’s high-tone voice expresses those feelings beautifully, and the deeply resonant melody line leaves a strong impression.
The music video is an animated piece created by an illustrator who was their classmate and reached 1.8 million views in eight months.
It’s a song that offers comfort to those carrying the pain of a broken heart or who’ve experienced parting with someone important; we recommend listening to it alone on a quiet night.
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Sung with overflowing emotion, this is a popular song by the rock band KOTORI.
The lyrics depict the end of summer, but it’s also a perfect fit for spring—the season of new beginnings—when people part ways with their hometowns and friends due to graduation, starting jobs, and so on.
It’s a song that conveys a bond that says, “Even if we’re apart, we’ll definitely meet again!” If you like rock bands, you might find yourself in tears listening to this during a farewell scene.
The “Route 4” in the title refers to National Route 4, which runs through Koshigaya—the band’s hometown—and that nonfiction element makes the message of the song feel even more real and resonant to us listeners.