[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)
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A song that channels a mass of possessiveness—so strong you want to lock up the one you love and make them yours alone—into a laid-back ballad melody.
The lyrics express feelings that regard the other not as a person but as an object, revealing a palpable sense of yearning.
I’ll wait.amin
This song by Amin, a nostalgic Showa-era duo, was a huge hit when it was released.
It’s a really good love song that sings about the feelings of a single-minded woman, but if you listen closely, it feels like a somewhat “sick” song in a feminine way—almost a bit stalker-like—since she keeps waiting for the man she likes to be dumped by his girlfriend.
When falling in love.katoutautoka
It’s a cute and poppy song that expresses the contrary, tsundere-like feelings of a girl in love, yet the lyrics are pessimistic.
Also, even though she used to look down on people in love before she fell for someone herself, now she’s annoyed at herself, realizing calmly that she’s no different.
[Yami Song] Fight darkness with darkness!? Deep tracks that empathize with your pain (151–160)
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This is a signature song by the band “Soredemo Sekai ga Tsuzukunara,” known for their unbearably heavy, hopeless lyrics.
The track fully conveys their oppressive atmosphere, and anyone who’s been through hard times will likely be moved to tears with empathy.
The music video is also shocking in its content.
Unfit to be a loverMiyuhan
Recommended for those heartbroken and feeling down.
This is a song by Miyuhan, a musician from Kagawa Prefecture.
It’s included on her second album, “Yaminabe,” released in 2019.
The lyrics and composition are by singer-songwriter Koresawa.
It was created as an answer song to Koresawa’s track “Tabako.” The lyrics overflow with aching emotion—just reading them can bring you to tears.
worst; minimum; the lowest; awfulren
Ren’s 2022 track “Saitei” (“The Worst”) portrays a breakup brought on by a lover’s betrayal.
After being betrayed and left with a terrible feeling, the breakup that follows can be so crushing you wish you could wipe everything clean and start from zero.
When you realize that the feelings you thought would never change—and the days you thought were happy—were, before you knew it, yours alone, a flood of negative emotions hits: anger, sadness, emptiness.
Even so, that moment of parting when you still can’t firmly say “I hate you now” is something many people can relate to.
Don’t disappear.Aina ji Endo
Aina The End, a member of the idol group BiSH, also works as a solo artist, wielding her powerful expressive abilities as her weapon.
Her solo debut single is “Kienaide” (“Don’t Disappear”).
It’s said that Aina The End wrote the song based on her own real-life experiences.
The lyrics center on thinking of a precious person who has been lost.
While it’s a “yami” (dark) song, it carries a somewhat positive tone, so why not give it a listen when you want to slowly heal your wounds and lift your spirits?
