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"Would you rather" is a conversation or party game that poses a dilemma in the form of a question beginning with "would you rather". The dilemma can be between two supposedly good options, such as, "Would you rather have the power of flight or the power of invisibility?", or it can be between two supposedly bad options, as in, "Would you rather sleep with your best friend's lover or your lover's best friend?" The players, sometimes including the questioner, then must choose their answers. Answering "neither" or "both" is against the rules. This leads the players to debate their rationales.
In December 2011, BBC America premiered a television show based on the game, titled Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton.
The game is played on the TV shows Family Guy and Extras, the podcasts Comedy Bang! Bang! and Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, and in the 2012 horror film Would You Rather.
If I told you a secret, something I wouldn't normally do
Something people might frown upon
Would you
If I kissed you discretely
Would it mean you'd laugh in my face
Would you tell me I'm going crazy
Would you
Sideway glances to no avail
Opportunities that are destined to fail
The love that I've tried to hide
Won't accept it's secret hiding place
Won't accept it's dying without a trace
Without ever having shown itself to you
Would you
It's impossible to drive you away from my dreams
Even if I had a chance I wouldn't
Would you
This longing buried inside
So much more than a mere and mortal sin
What's the use in never knowing what could've been
If I came around then, would you let me in