[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart!
We’re introducing tear-jerking love songs that are perfect for when you’re heartbroken.
Even if you mustered the courage to confess your feelings but it didn’t go well, you might find yourself thinking, “I wish I hadn’t said anything.”
Some of you may want to be alone, sink into your sadness, and have a good cry.
In this article, we’ve gathered love songs that will stay close to hearts like yours.
First, give yourself credit for being able to express your feelings!
Then, while listening to songs that truly resonate, gently soothe your heart as it struggles with that aching, directionless pain.
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[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] Carefully Selected Love Songs That Gently Soothe a Wounded Heart! (51–60)
tobacco / cigarette(s)Koresawa
Many people who have experienced heartbreak were likely moved to tears by Koresawa’s “Tabako.” After the breakup, what remained, sitting there alone, was the cigarettes you always hated.
You dislike them, but seeing them brings back memories of the person you loved.
Behind the wish that they would have faced you rather than something like that lies the question: did I truly face them myself? That train of thought circles around and around, giving rise to various regrets—something this song portrays.
After a breakup, some people are consumed by sadness, while others get lost in reflection, turning things over in their minds.
This is a breakup song that especially supports the latter.
I became someone else’s girlfriend.wacci
Wacci’s “Betsu no Hito no Kanojo ni Natta yo” is a song where an ex-girlfriend delivers words you don’t want to hear.
For him—who likely still has feelings for her—this report is unbearably painful.
Yet behind her announcement lies a hidden sentiment.
While she says she can’t see him anymore because she has a new boyfriend, she slips into her words the parts that don’t match with the new guy and the differences from her ex, revealing her own wavering feelings that leave her confused.
Will the ex-boyfriend notice this? And if he does, what will he do? The song ends without answering these questions.
When an ex reaches out out of the blue, it might be worth looking beneath the surface of their words.
After the DreamGARNET CROW
Speaking of GARNET CROW, many people—depending on their generation—probably associate them strongly with songs from the anime Detective Conan.
Their 2002 release “Yume Mita Ato de” was also a tie-in song for Detective Conan.
When you recall the happy times you spent with a lover, they can feel like a dream, can’t they? The moment you’re no longer together, all those conversations and frequent meetings suddenly vanish.
It’s a heartbreak song, but it feels like one that stays close to you, as if to offer comfort.
CLOUDY HEARTBOØWY
It’s a heartbreak rock number that recalls the time spent with someone you loved.
It’s included on the album “BOØWY,” released in 1985.
The lyrics were written by the vocalist, Kyosuke Himuro, based on his real-life experiences.
It’s a masterpiece I especially recommend to men.
[Tearjerker Breakup Songs] A carefully curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (61–70)
The Rain and Meback number
A breakup song by back number, the band that has captivated many with their love songs.
It laments a love that has just ended, unbearably sad and beyond saving.
It’s a heartbreaking love song that captures the pain of sorrow, hardship, and blaming one’s own helplessness.
The track is included on their sixth album, MAGIC, released in March 2019.
Even as the years pass, the aching feelings for a former lover you can’t forget make your chest tighten.
If, like the song’s protagonist, there’s someone you can never forget, this is a must-listen recommendation.
Et ceteraONE OK ROCK
The lyrics are heartbreaking, clinging on and unable to accept the other person’s breakup.
The beautiful sound and vocals combine to give me goosebumps.
It’s included on the 2007 album “Zeitakubyo.” Among ONE OK ROCK’s songs, this is an especially poignant heartbreak song.
Just… I want to see youEXILE
It’s a smash-hit ballad released in 2005.
The lyrics are filled with lingering feelings for a former lover.
When they were together, their presence felt like a given—and only after the breakup did he realize how precious they were.
The lyrics are truly moving.
The song tenderly conveys a man’s regret that, if only he had always treated them with unwavering kindness…