"A Love Song I Can't Tell Anyone" — a love song you can relate to when times are tough
“I never thought I’d fall for you,” “This isn’t how it was supposed to be.” Even while thinking that, isn’t there a love you just can’t stop?
When you find yourself in that kind of love, you can’t tell your friends or family, and you end up carrying it all by yourself, don’t you?
So in this article, we’ll introduce songs about love you can’t tell anyone about.
It’s hard when you can’t even let out your pain, and it’s difficult to feel positive.
At times like that, try listening to songs by people who feel the same way you do.
I hope your heart feels even a little bit lighter.
[A Love Song You Can’t Tell Anyone About] Romance songs you can relate to when it’s tough (1–10)
DropletNEW!Marushii
Even though I know it’s hopeless, I can’t help being drawn to you… This song, which sings of such a bittersweet love, is one of Marcy’s early signature love songs that garnered widespread empathy mainly on social media.
Released in November 2020, it was later included on the album “Memory.” The band’s sound, evoking the stillness of night, and vocalist Ukyo’s emotive, bleeding-through delivery squeeze the heart unbearably tight.
Portraying the pain of suddenly feeling the other person’s absence, this track gently stays close to anyone carrying unrequited feelings—desperate to see someone yet unable to do so.
killer lineNEW!This is LAST
A collection of words that pierce the heart lays bare a bittersweet longing—this is one of This is LAST’s signature songs.
Included on the mini-album “koroshimonku,” released in April 2020, the track had already been resonating with listeners since its music video dropped in September 2018.
It portrays a raw breakup experience in which the words once believed to be declarations of love turn out to be the very ones that wound you.
The lyrics, where the searing realization of not being the most important person collides with an unbreakable attachment, are deeply moving.
Plainspoken lines set to emotional guitar rock offer solace to anyone suffering from an unrequited love and overwhelmed by feelings they can’t control.
I wonder if they have a boyfriend/girlfriend.NEW!PLUE
This piece portrays the struggle of being unable to give up your feelings even though you know the other person already has a partner.
While facing the reality that the one you love stands beside someone who suits them, a clumsy hope leaks through, quietly waiting for your own turn somewhere in your heart.
Knowing it won’t come true, yet being unable to suppress your love—this situation will likely resonate deeply with those experiencing unrequited love.
The gentle melodies of PLUE, a rock band from Nagoya, and the warm yet heartrending vocals of Masayuki Mizukawa embrace those timid emotions.
When you’re worn out from loving, why not surrender yourself to this song?
Anyway, Love feat. CreepHypNEW!Sorane
Rapper Sorane, who had been attracting attention since his high school days, released this work in December 2020 as a collaboration with his idols, CreepHyp.
Included as the lead track on the album “TREASURE BOX,” it was completed through close exchanges with Sekai Kan Ozaki.
A profound number that sublimates the hardships faced by sexual minorities and the pain that defies naming into a universal love story.
In the music video, which ties in with a short film, the futility of a complicated romance is also expressed visually.
It’s a song that stands beside those who can’t simply stop their feelings of love—holding their aching, sorrowful hearts—and gently wraps them in comfort.
dramaNEW!wacci
A ballad that portrays the desperate effort to keep growing feelings of love hidden in order to remain “just friends.” It’s a song by the five-piece band wacci, known for delivering music that nestles into everyday scenes, released as a digital-only track in March 2021.
It expresses the familiar heartache of pretending not to like someone you love, using the metaphor of a theater stage.
Though you truly want to be the protagonist, you try to fulfill the supporting role you’ve been given…
It’s a song that gently stays close to those suffering from an unrequited love that won’t be rewarded.
I forget you, who are so quiet, in October.NEW!atarayo
This is a heartrending breakup song that stands by those carrying the pain of an unrequited love.
Its emotional band sound and unique structure—shifting from spoken word to singing—convey the premonition of love ending and the sting of memories with striking realism.
Released by Atarayo in March 2021, this enduringly popular track was chosen as the theme song for the ABEMA original drama “The Night I Became a Beast.” It is also included on the EP “Before Dawn” and the album “In the Polar Night, the Moon Does Not Speak.” When you’re exhausted from staying in love, why not listen to this song and have a good cry? It will surely give you the strength to start looking forward, little by little.
MNEW!PRINCESS PRINCESS
A signature ballad by PRINCESS PRINCESS that quietly seeps into the heart, singing of the ache of an unattainable love.
With unadorned words and a wistful melody that trace the lingering afterglow of heartbreak and feelings that won’t fade, this song gently nestles into the listener’s memories.
Released in November 1988 as a track on the album “LET’S GET CRAZY,” it later became widely beloved as the B-side to a smash-hit single.
Transcending eras, it drew attention again in 2014 when it was chosen as the ending theme for the drama “Last Night’s Curry, Tomorrow’s Bread.” Give it a listen on nights when you can’t cut ties with a finished relationship and feel like you might come to a standstill.
Along with your overflowing tears, it will surely wrap your heart in gentle comfort.