Unattainable Love: A Heartbreaking Love Song About Falling for a Married Person
Even when you know the other person is married, you can’t help falling for them—and even if you’re married, you might find yourself falling for someone else.
You know in your head that it’s wrong, but you can’t stop it—maybe that’s what it means to be in love.
In this article, we’ve gathered songs that sing about those unspoken feelings and loves that don’t go the way we want.
Why not listen to tracks from people in similar situations and try to sort out your feelings? A song that resonates with your heart might show you the way to end a painful love.
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[Unrequited Love] A bittersweet love song about falling for a married person (41–50)
short-sleevedImai Miki
This is a song by Miki Imai that candidly expresses the feelings of a woman who witnesses her lover—someone she can never be with—spending time with the family he truly belongs to.
Perhaps she was so lonely during the times they couldn’t meet that she ended up visiting his home, knowing full well she would get hurt.
The contrast between the fresh air of early summer and the heavy gloom in her heart is distilled into lyrics that aren’t particularly wordy.
Even faced with such a scene, the woman declares, “I still won’t give up,” and I can’t help but hope that one day she finds happiness.
Sleepless nights are because of you.MISIA
A wistful medium-tempo ballad released in August 2002.
It portrays the inner turmoil of being drawn to someone you shouldn’t love, set against the loneliness of the night and fragile hopes.
The earnest feelings—sleeplessness when memories surface, the desperate wish to see them even if only in a dream—are delicately woven through MISIA’s rich expressiveness.
Included on the album “KISS IN THE SKY,” the song was used in Kirin Beverage’s “RAKUDA” commercial and served as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Love Quotient” (Ren’ai Hensachi).
Recommended for those who want to connect with the bittersweetness and depth of romantic feelings.
shooting starFukuyama Masaharu
Don’t you find that songs written by men from a woman’s perspective can be surprisingly on target and hit you where it hurts? Masaharu Fukuyama’s 2009 release “Nagareboshi” depicts the inner turmoil of a protagonist who’s trying not to fall in love.
There are men everywhere who, despite being married or already having a girlfriend, act in a suggestive, leading way.
By the time you start telling yourself “I mustn’t fall for him” or “There’s no way I’ll get serious,” you’re already in too deep.
Even so, it’s a song many of us relate to, portraying a heroine who’s determined to face reality and avoid getting hurt—trying not to break anything or be a burden on anyone, all while being bravely steadfast.
Pure Love RhapsodyTakeuchi Mariya
Love Rhapsody by Mariya Takeuchi, written on the theme of an office lady’s affair.
If you’re a woman who has ever nursed a faint crush on a married senior colleague or boss, you’ve probably heard it at least once.
Set to a very bright melody, the song weaves together feelings of unrequited love and gratitude—gratitude for having learned the strength to love someone because of this very experience.
If there’s a woman out there suffering through a painful love and thinking of ending it, please give this song a listen.
It will surely give you a gentle push forward.
Shitsuren feat. MatsuriTakase Tōya
A duet song by Toya Takase and Matsuri that delicately portrays the emotions of two people consumed by a forbidden love.
Within a relationship so dependent that they can’t even bring themselves to part, the contradictions and inner conflicts born from caring too much for each other are expressed with aching tenderness.
Released in June 2024, the song has resonated especially with Gen Z.
It’s a moving track that offers solace to those experiencing a bittersweet love—longing for someone while suffering under the weight of those very feelings.