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.
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Tear-jerking love songs: love songs that comfort aching hearts (141–150)
Why feat. Emimi NodaTakase Tōya
A heartbreak ballad distinguished by a beautiful, soul-stirring melody.
Toya Takase’s emotional vocals and Emi Noda’s clear voice brilliantly capture the bittersweet feelings after a breakup.
Released digitally in January 2022 and included on the album “13-gatsu 1-nichi” (The First Day of the 13th Month), this song resonated with many listeners who relate to the joys of love and the pain of parting, drawing attention on charts across Asia.
It’s a track I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone who feels the loneliness that deepens at night or the emptiness of losing someone dear.
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.”
Heartbreaking love songs. Love songs that stay close to a hurting heart (151–160)
I acted tough.aimyon
After breaking up with someone you loved, there are times when you want to deny you ever even met and run away from your true feelings… aren’t there? That’s how painful it is.
A love that should have come true turns into an unattainable one the moment you part.
It takes courage to be honest, but if you can’t give up, I hope you’ll try again.
I wonder if I’d still say it’s too late.Saucy Dog
This song by the three-piece band Saucy Dog can be heard either as a man’s heartbreak after being dumped or as lingering regrets after doing the dumping.
The feelings of noticing how an ex changes, wondering about the person they’re dating now, and secretly hoping you might get back together are emotions anyone who’s experienced heartbreak has probably felt.
If trying your hardest to forget only makes your mind even more consumed by that person, then, like in this song, maybe letting yourself fully soak in those lingering feelings could be what helps you finally take the next step.
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.
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.