[Unattainable Love] A love song about two people who feel the same way but can’t be together

FortuneNakasone Izumi

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This song portrays the bittersweet pain of a love that remains unfulfilled, even after a fateful encounter.

The protagonist hides their feelings while dreaming of the day they can walk together like an ordinary couple—an image that leaves a strong impression.

Included in the poetry collection “To You” in November 2006, it was also used as the theme song for a mobile novel.

With lyrics that gently embrace the hearts of those troubled by love and a richly emotive vocal performance, this work will surely support anyone suffering from being unable to be with the one they love or holding onto a love they cannot give up.

In Izumi Nakasone’s voice, you’re bound to find both empathy and comfort.

string telephonenatori

natori – Thread That Connects Us

A song that gently embraces the hearts of those troubled by unrequited love.

Natori’s delicate lyrics pierce the heart in this breakup anthem.

“Even as the distance between us shrinks, in my heart it keeps growing” — you can’t help but relate to that aching feeling.

The piece was written as the theme song for the film ‘Arrogance and Goodness,’ released in September 2024.

The lyrics carefully portray the protagonists’ complex emotions, and you can sense Natori’s musical growth as well.

Imbued with the desire to protect the bond with someone precious, this track is recommended for those who want to heal the pain of heartbreak or who are seeking a connection with someone.

Absolute relationshipakai kouen

Akaiko-en – Absolute Relationship (MV Full Ver.) [Theme Song for Fuji TV Saturday Drama “Lost Days”]

A Red Park song that delicately portrays the bittersweet ache of a love that can’t come together despite being mutual.

As the phrase “absolute relationship” suggests, it delves into the secrets and conflicts that arise within a free-form relationship.

Released in September 2014, the track drew attention as the theme song for Fuji TV’s Saturday drama Lost Days, and its music video—shot with the distinctive approach of 100 cuts in 100 seconds—also garnered buzz.

The lyrics, which candidly express the complexity of human relationships and desire, grow more addictive with every listen and may even move you to tears.

It’s a song that offers empathy and comfort to anyone struggling with a love that can’t be realized, even when both feelings are mutual.

MetronomeYonezu Kenshi

Kenshi Yonezu – Metronome

Kenshi Yonezu, who has gained popularity across a wide range of audiences as a national singer, is beloved by many.

His song “Metronome,” included on the 2015 album Bremen, is one of his most popular tracks as a bittersweet love song.

A metronome is a musical device used to keep time, and the song portrays a sad romance in which, although the lovers liked each other, their tempo fell out of sync somewhere along the way.

You can feel the affection, yet it also evokes the sense of recalling a love that has ended—and the lingering feelings that remain even now.

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Sleepless nights are because of you.MISIA

Sleepless Nights Are Because of You (from Misia Candle Night at Okinawa Live Ver.)

If you’re suffering from an unrequited love, there are surely many nights when you drift off thinking, “I just want to see him, even if only in my dreams…” One song that embraces those feelings is one of MISIA’s signature tracks, “Nemurenu Yoru wa Kimi no Sei” (“Sleepless Nights Are Because of You”).

At night—especially after you crawl into bed—it’s common in love to overthink and feel your emotions for that special someone swell.

All the more so when it’s a love that can’t move forward.

This is a number that makes you feel as though you just might meet them in your dreams.

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Fayray – I Can’t Say I Love You

The feeling of falling for someone is very important, but a forbidden love is something that hurts many people.

This is a song by Fayray that sings of such bittersweet emotions.

When the honest desire to see the person you love ends up hurting someone, that’s a forbidden love.

Even if you were meant to meet by fate, the real pain of not being able to be together may be something only those who have experienced it can truly understand.

Released in February 2003, this song was used as the theme for the Yomiuri TV/Nippon TV drama “Message: Words Turn Against Us.” Written and composed by Fayray herself, it’s a track that fully showcases her delicate sensibility.

MELROSE ~A Promise Not to Love~ATSUSHI

EXILE ATSUSHI / MELROSE ~A Promise Not to Love~

Songs about unrequited love and aching feelings are often written from a woman’s perspective, so there must be people who want to hear them from a man’s point of view.

This song, “MELROSE ~Aisanai Yakusoku~,” is a single released in 2012 by EXILE’s ATSUSHI that expresses a man’s feelings—unfulfilled wishes and emotions.

Even though their feelings reach each other, they can’t put them into words; it’s filled with that frustrating, helpless emotion.

It will surely resonate with men who are going through a similar kind of love.

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