[Unattainable Love] A love song about two people who feel the same way but can’t be together
Even though they love each other, they can’t be together—an unfulfilled love.
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it’s heartbreaking, isn’t it?
Everyone has their own reasons, but there are surely many people struggling with painful love.
In this article, we’ll introduce songs that offer comfort to those experiencing a love that can’t come true, even though both people care for each other.
Listening to songs that mirror your feelings might bring you to tears.
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But crying might help you feel refreshed and ready to move forward.
We hope you’ll find a song you can truly relate to.
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[Unrequited Love] Love Songs About Mutual Feelings That Can’t Come True (41–50)
I love you, but I can't love you.AAA
Doesn’t the title alone already make your heart ache? “Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai” (I Love You, but I Can’t Love You), a single released in 2015 by the five-member co-ed vocal group AAA.
Since it was also used in a commercial, many people may recognize it as soon as they hear the chorus.
A love where both people care for each other but can’t be together—if you’ve ever experienced that, you’ll likely relate to this song and find yourself wishing you could start over from the moment you met, rewind time.
It’s a number packed tightly with the desire to convey your feelings, even if they can never come true.
MissingToshinobu Kubota
Toshinobu Kubota’s “Missing” is so heartrending and tear-inducing that it’s almost unimaginable given his soulful singing voice.
Although the song wasn’t released as a single, it’s one of his signature tracks, included on the 1986 album “SHAKE IT PARADISE.” Many people who experienced a breakup around the time of its release surely cried to this song, and even today it remains just as poignant, tightening your chest with its enduring sadness.
OrangeSMAP
It’s no exaggeration to say this is the most famous B-side track by SMAP.
“Orange” is the coupling song to one of SMAP’s signature hits, “Lion Heart,” released in 2000, and it remains extremely popular among fans.
Many people—those currently in a love where their feelings are one yet they’re not allowed to be together, as well as those who are reminded of a past romance and feel their hearts ache—may find themselves moved by this song.
It’s a bittersweet love ballad that resonates across generations.
My name is Unrequited Loveindigo la End
Formed around Enon Kawatani and making their major-label debut on the same day as Gesu no Kiwami Otome, indigo la End is a four-piece rock band.
Their 20th major-label single, “Namae wa Kataomoi” (“Her Name Is Unrequited Love”), leaves an impression with an ensemble that moves from an atmospheric, hooky intro into a verse featuring a sprightly piano.
The lyrics, which evoke someone keeping a subtle distance while stepping back for the other’s sake, convey the frustration of feelings that can’t be satisfied by love alone.
It’s a brisk yet somehow wistful, sentimental number.
You&MeDaichi Miura
Daichi Miura, whose overwhelming dance performances combined with his skill as a singer make him truly one of a kind.
His song “You & Me” is a love ballad that poignantly depicts an unattainable love from a male perspective.
It captures the frustration of a man who can’t bring himself to say the words he wants to—“I love you”—and is tormented by that helplessness.
Anyone struggling with a similar kind of love will surely relate, and it’s a tearjerker.
The push and pull between wishing happiness for the other person and one’s own feelings—the wavering heart of a man—tightens the chest.
wedgeHanako Oku
Some of you may have been heartbroken for a while yet still find it hard to forget your ex.
If that’s you, I recommend listening to “Kusabi (Wedge).” This song was released by Hanako Oku to mark her 10th anniversary.
Told from the perspective of a woman in a couple who, despite mutually loving each other, ended up breaking up, it looks back on the happy days they shared.
It’s a great listen when you feel like reminiscing a little.
Try both the streaming version and the stripped-down, self-accompanied version!
AccompliceSuneo Hair
The single “Accomplices” by Suneohair, released in 2008.
The title feels loaded with meaning, doesn’t it? But if you take time to interpret the lyrics, the meaning of “accomplices” comes into focus.
It’s a love song that envisions a romantic escape: if this love can’t be fulfilled, then let’s throw everything away and run off together.
If you’re in an impossible love, you probably understand all too well the urge to start over from scratch, to rewind both of your lives, to wipe everything clean.