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.
- [Adultery Song] A forbidden song about an affair that sings of an impossible love
- [Unattainable Love] A love song about two people who feel the same way but can’t be together
- [An Adulterous Love] A love song about a secret affair you can't tell anyone about
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- [Cheating Song] A forbidden love that crossed the line — infidelity song
- A classic song about a forbidden love
- [Empathetic & Tear-Jerking] A love song about an unrequited romance
- A song of forbidden love. A love song about feelings that can't be stopped.
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- “I Want to See You”: A love song that makes you cry when you listen to it while you can’t meet
- An empathy song to listen to when you’re hurting and feel like a 'convenient woman'
- A heart-wrenching story that tightens the chest! A Showa-era unrequited love song
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[Unrequited Love] A Heartbreaking Love Song About Falling for a Married Person (21–30)
The Land of LoveKato Miria
A love story sung by Miliyah Kato, whose many love songs captivate women and won’t let go.
Even though she knows he’s married and knows he’s someone she shouldn’t fall for, instead of blaming herself for not being able to stop her feelings, she declares with a strong will, “Even if it means taking away someone’s happiness, you’re the only one for me!” It’s a very striking song.
For those who have been cheated on, it may be a difficult theme to accept, but it conveys the overwhelming force of loving someone.
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?
[Unrequited Love] A Heartbreaking Love Song About Falling for a Married Person (31–40)
A Two-Hour Vacation feat. Ringo SheenaUtada Hikaru
A song that poignantly portrays the fragile relationship between the everyday and the extraordinary through a collaboration between Hikaru Utada and Ringo Sheena.
As 60s-style guitar arpeggios intertwine with beautiful strings, their voices resonate with one another.
With lyrics that evoke themes of infidelity and same-sex love, the track captured many listeners’ hearts.
It was released digitally in advance in September 2016 and later included on the album Fantôme.
Said to have been crafted by Utada with Sheena in mind, the song has also been highly praised for its polish as a pop piece.
It’s music that gently stays close to those who harbor feelings they can’t normally express.
Dear…Nishino Kana
This is a song by Kana Nishino that conveys the pain of bittersweet affection and unrequited love.
The plaintive piano, as if pouring out a aching heart, and the expansive development of the sound that seems to express overflowing emotions are striking.
The lyrics, which depict the movements of the heart when burdened with feelings that won’t reach their destination, further emphasize the poignancy.
By also portraying the ideal of “what if these feelings had reached you,” the song paints the suffering even more vividly.
As you listen and sort out your thoughts, you may begin to see the path you should take.
Ti AmoEXILE
“Ti Amo” is an Italian phrase meaning “my beloved.” It’s also a song by EXILE that passionately expresses feelings for a lover in an affair, with whom spending weekends together is forbidden.
The other person has a family, and when their time together runs out, they just go back to where their family is waiting as if nothing happened—how unbearably painful that is.
Even so, when shown that gentle smile, you can’t pull away, and you start to hope that maybe someday you’ll be able to stay together forever.
It’s frightening how love can make us blind.
AitaiKato Miria
A song born from fan-submitted advice messages, vividly portraying the feelings of a woman struggling with unrequited love.
Miliyah Kato’s straightforward lyrics, which gently embrace the delicate heart of a woman, pierce the soul in this heartbreak anthem.
“Even though I’m only looking at you, why won’t you look straight at me?” If you’ve ever felt anxious or sad about the difference in emotional temperature between you and someone else, you won’t be able to help but relate to the lyrics of ‘Aitai’! You don’t want to push too hard and have them stop seeing you, but you still want them to understand you—women’s hearts are delicate and achingly bittersweet.
let go again feat.VERBAL(m-flo)Flower
A Flower song that sings of a painful, tangled inner world—one you can’t give up on no matter how hard you try to forget, even when those around you tell you to stop.
It isn’t limited to romance: many of us have experienced holding onto a sliver of hope even when we know it won’t come true, or trying to tell our fragile hearts, “My choice isn’t wrong.” But in the case of a forbidden love, the reality is that the chances of this mindset bearing fruit are vanishingly small.
Perhaps the only trigger to help you give up and move forward is a new love.