[For those doing their best] A comforting song to listen to when you're tired of life
Something bad happened at school or work, your love life or relationships aren’t going well…
Sometimes, triggered by something, you end up feeling, “I hate everything!” or “My heart is exhausted…” and sink into a slump, right?
In this article, we introduce timeless songs that we hope you’ll listen to when you’re truly feeling down—songs that stay close to your heart.
These tracks heal and encourage you, affirming the pain and sadness you’re carrying, and giving you the strength to overcome them.
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[For Those Doing Their Best] Songs that stay close to your heart when you're tired of life (161–170)
Waiting for springWANIMA
It’s a spring-themed, empowering punk rock number.
Performed by WANIMA, a three-piece rock band from Kumamoto Prefecture, it was released in 2020.
The powerful vocals, fast-paced sound, and meaningful lyrics come together to give you the strength to live.
It’s a motivational song that says to endure no matter how hard things are now and wait for the spring that will surely come, so it will surely help heal your tired heart.
Listen closely and draw the power to move forward again!
GLOWidom
When you’re exhausted and everything goes dark before your eyes, idom’s “GLOW” lets a single ray of light shine through.
Released in 2022, the song was chosen as the theme for the drama “The Guardian of Competition.” It gently reaches out a hand to those carrying painful feelings and heart-piercing burdens, inviting them to overcome it together.
Listening to idom’s powerful yet tender voice makes you feel as if you can stand up again, guided by that gentle hand.
Even if things are hard now, trust the faint hope that remains deep in your heart, and rise again with this song at your side!
Good job.chanyu i
Singer-songwriter Chanyu-i, who has gained popularity mainly on social media, released “Otsukaresan” on New Year’s Eve 2021.
It was also chosen as the support song for the Ehime Marathon held on January 30, 2022.
With a fresh pop-rock sound, it’s crafted as an anthem cheering on people who live their lives earnestly each day.
The lyrics, which remind us that a smile is the strongest power, are uplifting too.
There are tough and painful times, but let’s listen to “Otsukaresan” and keep moving forward!
You idiot!Urufuruzu
Chasing a dream isn’t all fun and games.
There are days you hit a wall, feel anxious, or get blindsided and think all your effort is pointless.
Sometimes you let it all go because you can’t be bothered—but in the end you still can’t throw it away, and you cling to it as you keep going.
Maybe that’s what a dream is.
On days when nothing goes your way, it’s okay to shout, “You idiot!” It’s a classic that lifts you up with Wolfuls’ signature powerful sound and soulful vocals.
Don’t forget, don’t forgetSambomasutā
This song was written specifically for the drama “Gintama: Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku.” It’s a work by the three-piece rock band Sambomaster, released in 2020 as their 23rd single.
It fully showcases one of their charms—their energetic band sound.
The lyrics convey a warm message, saying, “I’m always thinking of you,” which really hits home.
It’s a very uplifting guitar rock track that makes you feel you’re not alone.
Perfect for when you want to clear your head!
Song of LoveSutoroberī Furawā
It became popular as the commercial song for Nintendo’s 2001 game Pikmin.
While it sings about the game’s world, the lyrics are surprisingly realistic, in contrast to the soothing vocals.
You can take it as being about the game’s content, but it’s a song that inevitably sounds like a microcosm of real society.
deep breathHanaregumi
This is a song by Hanaregumi, the solo project of vocalist Takashi Nagazumi, that invites you to look inward and reconsider your own existence.
It was also used as the theme song for the film “After the Storm.” Centered around acoustic guitar, with piano and other instruments gradually joining in, the gentle atmosphere of the sound evokes a quiet image of facing one’s own heart.
It’s a piece that reflects on what your former self once aspired to, and conveys a resolve to move, even little by little, toward that place.
