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 Heartbreaking Love Song About Falling for a Married Person (21–30)
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A song woven by Kyannai, filled with poignancy and pain.
Released in May 2022, this work delves deeply into the mindset of the one who cheats.
While depicting what appears to be a close couple, it captivates with a dramatic development that reveals a hidden tangle of romantic entanglements.
The lyrics skillfully intertwine the transience of love and the complexity of human relationships with the hydrangea’s flower language, “infidelity,” drawing you in before you know it.
It’s a track that gently stays by the side of those who harbor a secret love they can’t tell anyone, or who struggle with the complexities of romance.
A love I can tell no one abouterica
Singer-songwriter Erica wrote the lyrics to “Dare ni mo Ienu Koi” (“A Love I Can’t Tell Anyone About”) based on unrequited-love consultations sent to her blog by fans.
Comments like “I’m in love with my teacher” and “I fell for a married person— I know it’s wrong, but I can’t stop” have been posted on the music video, earning strong support from many fans.
As long as people who carry these aching feelings share their pain with others in the same situation, no one besides themselves gets hurt.
But depending on what happens next, there’s a chance someone’s happiness could be taken away—that’s the painful reality of a forbidden love.
C.O.S.M.O.S. ~Cosmos (Autumn Cherry Blossoms)~Sandaime Jē Sōru Burazāzu fromu Eguzairu Toraibu
A bittersweet mid-tempo ballad by Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE that sings of the pure feelings of two people who truly love each other despite knowing their love is forbidden.
Even though we understand that “a relationship with a married person can never be justified,” imagining the way they cherish each other more than anything leaves you with a helpless, aching feeling.
Loving someone itself isn’t a sin, but depending on the person and the timing, it can become a grave transgression—this song confronts you with that reality and makes you think deeply.
Can’t Stop Fallin’ in Loveglobe
A massive hit released by globe in October 1996.
It reached No.
1 on the Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for 17 consecutive weeks, an impressive feat.
This work skillfully portrays both the exhilaration of the moment one falls in love and the inner turmoil that follows after stepping into a forbidden relationship.
While carrying the secret of loving a married person, the uncontrollable emotions are expressed through Tetsuya Komuro’s polished sound and KEIKO’s sultry vocals.
With a poignant melody that evokes the winter season, it’s a song that resonates with those struggling with a forbidden love.
A person I mustn’t fall in love withCHIHIRO
A song by singer-songwriter CHIHIRO, whose heartbreak and unrequited love tracks resonate with many listeners.
It carries the wish that “you cry your heart out and take a step toward your next love.” Have you ever found yourself unable to stop your feelings, filled with frustration, thinking, “Why did we have to meet?” “Why at this timing?” The feeling of loving someone is precious, but a forbidden love can hurt many people.
It’s painful, but telling yourself it’s not meant to be and walking away might be the first step toward happiness.
blue skyaiko
Aiko’s “Aozora” is a song that captures the feelings of a woman who, after ending a love with a married person, is filled with regret and loneliness.
It carries a gentle warmth that seems to softly embrace those who have put an end to a forbidden love.
The ache of not being able to meet won’t simply disappear, and looking back won’t return you to the time before you met.
Staring at the sky and feeling the hollow left in your heart may be painful, but wouldn’t it be wonderful to live a life where you can think, “Ending the relationship here was never a mistake”?
THE END OF THE WORLDMakihara Noriyuki
Makihara Noriyuki’s “THE END OF THE WORLD” vividly conjures before my eyes two people walking side by side in the rain, caught in a forbidden love.
Among the couples who look ordinary on the city streets, there may be many who carry circumstances like these.
The way they kiss in the dark and whisper “I love you” in small voices suggests the guilt of an affair, yet there’s no sign that they intend to end the relationship; it even feels as if they mean to continue it until the time comes.
What path will they follow from here?