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)
You are a cigarette; I am a soap bubble.Lovely Summer Chan
A melancholic guitar-pop song by Lovely Summer Chan that delicately depicts the end of a bittersweet love.
Featured on her major-label debut album “LSC,” released in November 2016, the track expresses the faint feelings for someone out of reach and the fragility of having no choice but to accept it.
Through the contrast between “cigarettes,” a symbol of adulthood, and “soap bubbles,” which vanish in an instant, it strikingly portrays the distance between two people who can never truly meet.
It’s a highly relatable song that offers comfort to those who strive to move forward even while suffering from an unrequited love.
Unrequited Love: A Heartbreaking Love Song About Falling for a Married Person (51–60)
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.
to cry innocently; to weep with a childlike airAKASAKI
This song resonates with the heart through its tenderness that tries to embrace a pure soul holding back tears, and the bittersweet ache of feelings that aren’t returned.
AKASAKI’s delicate portrayal of emotion and straightforward expression of love are deeply moving.
Released as a single in January 2025, it became a hot topic after being selected as Kiss FM KOBE’s recommended Japanese track for the month.
The intertwining of the desire to protect someone and the loneliness of unfulfilled devotion evokes empathy as an emotion many have experienced.
It’s a song that gently stays by the side of anyone striving to move forward while carrying feelings for someone dear.
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.
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.
Love songnatori
This is an emotional song by Natori that delicately portrays the heartache and pain of drowning in misguided love.
The protagonist’s feelings, tossed about by love, are depicted as blurring the line between dreams and reality.
Included on the album “Gekijō” (Theater), the track’s music video reached 3.16 million views in February 2024.
For those who carry an unending pain of love deep within, it will likely feel like a song that speaks your heart for you.
In the quiet, why not lend your ear to this piece?
selling oneselfRosu
A beautiful tragic love song that portrays the heartrending emotions of a woman living in the night city.
Amid a dark, mysterious atmosphere, the protagonist gives herself to a man she does not even love, while continuing to harbor unwavering feelings for the one she truly longs for.
In a darkness without even a single ray of light, the searing emotions of a woman consumed by an impossible love are vividly expressed through Ros’s protean vocals.
Released in March 2022, the song is also included on the album “Yoru no Shizu.” It is a track that deeply resonates with those pained by unrequited love or troubled by a forbidden romance.