[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 sit with your pain (171–180)
Cinderella BoySaucy Dog
That moment when your heart drifts away from someone you once loved so much is truly heart-wrenching.
“Cinderella Boy,” included on Saucy Dog’s 2021 release “Lazy Sunday,” beautifully portrays the bittersweet emotions between lovers.
From the warm arpeggio intro to the emotional chorus, its melody resonates with anyone going through a painful breakup.
It’s a song that makes you want to tuck away those irreplaceable times and precious memories somewhere in your heart, rather than throwing them away.
NOWHERE boyUVERworld
This is a track from UVERworld’s seventh album, THE ONE, released in 2012.
In the song, a boy wanders the city, saying he has no place where he belongs.
In the past, he acted tough and looked down on everything.
After growing up, he tries to redo the past, only to realize that the friends and loved ones from that time are nowhere to be found.
He regrets that he should have cherished them, but now it’s too late.
Goodbye, Identityyonige
Even if you fought or had things you disliked about each other, once you break up, you sometimes regret it and think that just having them by your side was enough, right? Yonige’s “Sayonara Identity” portrays that kind of regret born from love.
It’s included on their 2015 mini-album Coming Spring.
If it were now, I’d do things differently; if I had done that back then, it wouldn’t have turned out the way it did.
The lyrics, filled with what-ifs and deep regrets for a former lover, really hurt the heart.
For those who feel the same way, this song will resonate with you and move you to tears.
Love boldly, defy conventionsamezame
You think of the other person as a “good-for-nothing,” yet you can’t leave them… If you’ve ever been in that kind of relationship, this will especially hit home.
It’s a song by Saori Fueida’s music project, Samezame, included on the 2015 mini-album Next to H is I.
Its truly unadorned, candid lyrics create a world that’s highly relatable.
Delivered with a catchy band sound, every word lands directly.
It might just keep you company through your romantic missteps.
Everyday Revolutionneguse.
Neguse, a four-piece rock band that debuted in 2020, has a track blowing up on TikTok called “Nichijou Kakumei” (Everyday Revolution).
It’s crafted as a soulful ballad.
The first half paints the joy of days spent with a lover, but as the song progresses, it becomes clear those moments are in the past and the narrator is now steeped in sorrow.
The contrast between past and present is heart-wrenching.
Also, the music video, which portrays memories flashing back, is deeply emotional.
[Yami Song] Fight darkness with darkness!? Deep tracks that stay close to your pain (181–190)
Song of lingering attachmentyuzu
It’s the coupling track released with “Tomodachi no Uta” in 1999.
Written and composed by Yujin Kitagawa, it falls into the “dark/obsessive love” category among his love songs.
Although Kitagawa now has a wholesome image, back when he was younger—likely having experienced many romances—he wrote songs like this too.
It really captures the lingering feelings of a man who can’t let go.
Hand in handkuriipuhaipe
Whether it’s a breakup or a fight with a friend, sometimes we crack our relationships and end up regretting it deeply.
Te to Te (Hand in Hand) depicts that very inner turmoil.
Specifically, it portrays the restless late-night hours spent alone, wrestling with one’s thoughts.
The track is by the band CreepHyp, fronted by vocalist Ozaki Sekai-kan.
His high-tone voice and the raw guitar melodies perfectly complement the song’s world.
Give it a listen on a sleepless night.