A tear-jerking love song. A love song that stays close to a hurting heart.
Love isn’t always fun, is it?
You might mustered up the courage to confess your feelings only to be rejected, be led on and strung along, or realize from the start it was a love that could never come true… Chances are, you too have experienced a painful love.
In this article, we introduce tear-jerking love songs that sing about that kind of heartbreak.
If you’re hurting right now, why not try finding a song that stays close to your feelings?
Listening to songs about the same situation might help you find clues for facing that love.
- "A Love Song I Can't Tell Anyone" — a love song you can relate to when times are tough
- [Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart!
- [So touching it makes you cry] A heartbreakingly wistful and sad song that tightens your chest
- A song of forbidden love. A heartrending, sorrowful love song.
- A tear-jerking love song that gently stays by your heart
- [Empathetic & Tear-Jerking] A love song about an unrequited romance
- For When You Need a Good Cry: Soul-Soothing Tearjerker Classics — Life, Love, and Work
- [Heartbreak Songs] A selection of poignant love songs that pierce the heart of those with unrequited love
- [Female Heartbreak Song] A soul-stirring song dedicated to you, who loved with all your heart.
- [Today’s Heartbreak Song] A poignant love song that gently wraps your wounded heart
- Heal your heart with love ballads: A collection of pure love and heartbreak songs.
- Breakup songs that are easy to sing at karaoke. Recommended classics and popular hits.
- [For when you want to cry] A ballad love song. A heartbreaking love song.
Tear-jerking love songs: love songs that comfort aching hearts (141–150)
MetronomeYonezu Kenshi
This is a bittersweet love song delicately woven by Kenshi Yonezu.
It likens the growing misalignment of two people’s feelings to the ticking tempos of two metronomes, portraying from a male perspective how a tiny discrepancy gradually widens into an irreparable rift, even as he cannot forget the other person.
When in love, we tend to get carried away alone and assume the other person feels the same.
It’s important to consider things from their point of view—including whether you truly like them and whether they truly like you.
This work is included on the album “Bremen,” released in October 2015.
Ref:rainAimer
It’s a very moving song that makes you think of someone precious who’s no longer here.
Even with a hint of regret, it conveys a steadfast heart that still can’t forget—a love, a cherished person—held with single-minded devotion.
Those emotions come through and bring me to tears.
We can’t change the past, but we’re free to think of the other person.
If you can’t forget them, it’s okay to keep on loving them, isn’t it?
For those who have had their hearts broken by someone they love deeplyerica
I regret a love that has ended, but in the end I accept it.
Right after the breakup I was very sad and found myself lamenting why I couldn’t have handled things better, but as the song says, I had my own reasons for reaching that conclusion.
It’s a song that conveys a kind of resolve—not resignation—like saying, “Who I was then just wasn’t enough.”
What is emotion?This is LAST
The song “#Jō to wa,” which poignantly and beautifully depicts the pain of heartbreak after someone you love leaves, was created by the three-piece rock band This is LAST.
It was also used as an insert song in the romance reality show “Hanataba to Ōkami-chan ni wa Damasarenai,” resonating with many viewers.
While feeling pathetic for being unable to let go of the past, the lyrics don’t express hatred toward the ex-partner; instead, they portray an enduring affection that continues even now.
It’s a track that gently embraces those carrying the weight of a painful love.
loveUru
Don’t miss “Koi,” a song that affirms the sadness of heartbreak.
Written and composed by Yohei Hashiguchi of wacci and sung by Uru, it encourages us not to view heartbreak negatively, but to see it as something that helped us grow and that can lead both people to greater happiness.
The lyrics are in a first-person female perspective, so women may find it directly relatable, while men can listen from the standpoint of the one being addressed.
Give it a listen along with the music video, which depicts a love story.
That’s not fair…arekunn
Are-kun’s song, which beautifully portrays aching love and suffering, has deeply moved many listeners.
While harboring intense feelings for the other person, the work delicately weaves the complex emotions of a woman swayed by ambiguous behavior.
Released in August 2021 as an advance track from the album “Breath,” it was also chosen as the ending theme for TV Asahi’s “BREAKOUT” in September, allowing it to resonate with an even wider audience.
Confused and hurt by the other person’s vague kindness, yet unable to suppress her feelings—this piece offers heartfelt empathy and comfort to anyone who bears the pain of an unrequited love.
Only I liked it.suisou gurashi
A heartbreak song by suisougurasu that delicately portrays the ache and lingering attachment of love.
Eye’s clear, translucent vocals beautifully capture the painful feeling of being left behind while the other person moves on to their next romance.
Many listeners will relate to the lyrics, which depict how a casual message from the person you like can throw your heart into turmoil.
Released in September 2021, this song is sure to resonate with anyone who can’t forget someone they love or is suffering from a love they can’t let go of.