[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 empathize with your pain (151–160)
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.
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.
AitaiKato Miria
It’s a heartbreaking love song that pleads, “Look only at me, choose me.” It’s a track by singer-songwriter Miliyah Kato, also known for “Love Forever” and “BELIEVE,” included on her 2009 album “Ring.” In 2010, it was also used as an insert song in the film “Villain.” The lyrics portray a woman’s desperate wish for the person she loves to finally notice her, and it’s genuinely tear-jerking.
If you’ve recently gone through a breakup or your unrequited love didn’t work out, this will almost certainly hit home.
Condolences, and life goes onUtagana Roku ft. Uramei
Even when someone dear to us dies, time doesn’t stop for those who are still living.
“Mourning, and Yet Everyday Life Goes On,” produced by Vocaloid-P Uhahana Roku and released in 2022, feels like a song that tells of the cruelty of daily life continuing even after a precious person is gone.
The lyrics depict the process from the wake and the funeral through to the gradual return to everyday life.
No one can simply switch their feelings on and off after losing someone important.
And yet, we still have to keep living…
This song makes you feel that, even while hiding your tears, you’ll live properly through the time your loved one wished they could have had.
[Yami Song] Fight darkness with darkness!? Deep tracks that empathize with your pain (161–170)
remainingYoshizawa Kayoko
One of singer-songwriter Kayoko Yoshizawa’s popular songs, “Nokotteru” (Still Left).
Beyond her captivating voice, the lyrics—which intertwine the desire to stay just as we were yesterday with the changing of the seasons—gently seep into the heart.
Many women will likely relate to the lyrics, which lay bare unhidden affection and bittersweet longing.
