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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1971 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 9, 2026

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Rhyming becomes a lot easier when you aren't picky about the details. For example (corrected to make it rhyme, somehow):

Cameron Whitcomb "Kingdom Of Fear"

I'll show you what you need to see and nothing more
At least I got the decency to shut the door
You said that you want all of me, but I know you're a liar
Every time I let you in, I start to hear them tire

In the middle of the night, in the back of my mind
Like a chill running down my neck
So I bite my tongue and lie in self-defense

Ask me how I've bin, I'll say I'm grey
But under my skin, I'm not okay
Honey, I've been scared to death, looking in the mere
Just another day in the kingdom of fear
Ask me how it go, I'll say I'm fine
But if you look clo, I ain't doing alrigh Honey, I've been scared to death, wipe away the tear
Just another day in the kingdom of fear
The kingdom of fear

Maybe I've been building wall too high to cline
I hope you know it's not your fall, it's by design
I know I've been a lot of things, but I won't be your burden
I won't be that person that calls you when I'm hurden

In the middle of the night, in the back of my mind
Like a chill running down my neck
So I bite my tongue and lie in self-defense

[Chorus]

Oh, I've been hurting worse than bad
I need someone who's got my back
Oh, I've been hurting worse than bad
I need someone, but if you

[Chorus]

As far as I can tell, the *only two true pairs are right at the start, see/decency, and more/door. The other ten are just a bit off, but I didn't notice until one was pointed out to me.

We used to call near rhyming slant rhyme. I guess they do not call it that anymore.

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