[Yami Song] Fight darkness with darkness!? Deep tracks that stay close to your pain
Heartbreak, sad events, trouble with friends or family…
In those moments, many people feel like listening to “yami songs” (dark, emotionally heavy songs).
When you hear a song that sings about worries and pain similar to your own, it can make you feel a bit lighter—like you’re not alone.
In this article, we’ll introduce yami songs for a variety of situations.
Find the one track that matches your current mood.
May your pain ease, even just a little.
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[Yami Song] Fight darkness with darkness!? Deep tracks that stand by your pain (141–150)
Delusional DiaryShido
It feels like a song about a girl who’s dependent on a boyfriend she loves way too much.
The more closely you listen to the lyrics, the more a sense of fear wells up.
You can see signs that she’s constantly watching him so he won’t be taken by another girl, which conveys a strong possessiveness.
neighborShido
The visual-kei rock band SID’s “Rinin” (“Neighbor”).
This track, which conveys both speed and a sense of madness and darkness, is included on their first album, Ren’ai, released in 2004.
It’s packed to the brim with a worldview that only a visual-kei band could express.
The lyrics and imagery often give you chills, but it’s also a song you can really sink your teeth into—there’s something that pierces the heart, which is impressive.
I recommend this one to anyone feeling weighed down by too much darkness and stress.
knifesupittsu
Spitz, the beloved national band that marked its 30th anniversary in 2017.
While Spitz is known for breezy songs with a broad fan base, the track “Knife” is a number that feels completely different from their usual style—it exudes a sense of madness.
This song is included on the mini-album For Those Who Couldn’t Become Aurora, released in 1992.
At first, you might think it’s a gentle love song, but very quickly you realize it’s something else—darkness.
It’s a track that might even feel a bit frightening if you listen to it when you’re steeped in deep darkness.
Under KidsTsuyu
Underkids, a 2022 track by TUYU, voices the deep, dark cry of someone who never found true love.
Said to depict the feelings of youths who can’t find their place, the song hurls one tormented, shadow-soaked word after another over an intense sound.
The protagonist, having lost all hope of living, discovers a place where people with similar burdens come and go, and tries to make it their own refuge.
Yet the lyrics also portray their inner turmoil—the confusion and wavering between the genuine desire to grasp true love and the actions they’re taking now.
When you’re weighed down by all kinds of despair and can’t find your place, this song might become that place for you.
Expectation for a happy endingmakaroni enpitsu
Even when love or work doesn’t go well no matter how hard you try and you’re feeling down, the song that resonates with listeners’ hearts is “Expectation for a Happy Ending.” Released by Macaroni Empitsu in 2021, it was chosen as the theme song for the film “The End of the Pale Hour.” Its lyrics, which bring back memories of precious people and experiences you shared, express feelings you can’t tell anyone.
Vocalist Hattori’s emotional singing and the pop melody line feel warm.
It’s a bittersweet number that makes you want to appreciate the time spent with someone and the small moments of everyday life, even when life doesn’t go the way you want.
Cynical MoonNakajima Miyuki
It seems that “cynical” means coldly mocking and ironic.
There’s a mood that the moon sees through everything and illuminates the anxieties and the desire to be loved in men’s and women’s hearts.
Moonlight is called lunatic and is said to invite madness, so perhaps it’s only natural that the moon appears in “dark” songs.
Dried flowersYuuri
This is the second major-label digital-only single by singer-songwriter Yuri, who has gained popularity on YouTube through song commentary and cover videos of other artists’ tracks.
It’s a quintessential 2021 J-POP number, known for being the first by a male solo artist to surpass 400 million streams, and doing so at record speed.
Written from the perspective of a woman after a breakup, the lyrics vividly portray the complex emotions that only someone in that situation could understand.
With its heartrending melody, the story within the lyrics really resonates—an ideal song to sink into when dealing with heartbreak.
