Songwriting rhymes for nightmares
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Perfect rhymes for nightmares
- tears
- state of affairs
- airs
- put on airs
- stares
- upstairs
- kick upstairs
- forebears
- theirs
- affairs
- downstairs
- unawares
- glares
- backstairs
- fares
- spares
- declares
- prepares
- cares
- stairs
- shares
- wears
- prayers
- pairs
- scares
- chairs
- swears
- compares
- least squares
- musical chairs
- hairs
- repairs
- flares
- heirs
- authorized shares
- preference shares
- bares
- hares
- wheelchairs
- errs
- snares
- common shares
- despairs
- gerres
- method of least squares
- impairs
- lairs
- flight of stairs
- millionaires
- baby tears
- billionaires
- blares
- international affairs
- kick downstairs
- man of affairs
- master in public affairs
- somewheres
- airfares
- down the stairs
- ensnares
Near rhymes for nightmares
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- there's
- get
- there
- when
- let
- where
- tell
- said
- then
- them
- well
- left
- care
- again
- head
- let's
- friends
- they're
- myself
- their
- forget
- nightmare
- hair
- best
- felt
- swear
- em
- scared
- guess
- end
- bed
- gets
- yes
- air
- went
- else
- says
- perfect
- help
- hell
- fire
- rest
- set
- tear
- met
- somewhere
- wear
- m
- friend
- dead
- red
- yourself
- yet
- fair
- s
- meant
- mess
- regret
- breath
- share
- bet
- tired
- fell
- chest
- pretend
- spend
- step
- spent
- stare
- lead
- read
- kept
- instead
- check
- ahead
- dress
- dressed
- sweat
- less
- death
- neck
- ten
- send
- held
- smell
- wet
- west
- self
- sense
- dare
- sex
- bear
- hotel
- ends
- where's
- edge
- men
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