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In a title fitting for both your headphones and your wedding playlist, Allen Stone’s “Consider Me” starts slow and low before building into a full-throated, belted-out finale. He makes his case through simple consideration, laying out everything he could offer a potential partner if she would only take a chance on him.

Every little moment is accounted for. Every confession of true love and lasting devotion is laid bare. The tangled mess that we call love—with all its promises, uncertainty, and terrifying vulnerability—is presented without reservation. Stone is not demanding affection or pretending to have everything figured out. He is simply asking to be considered.

The instrumentation gives the song an almost gospel quality. Deep notes from a church organ provide its foundation before a chorus of backing voices rises behind Stone at the song’s climax. What begins as an intimate plea gradually becomes something enormous, as though the feelings can no longer be contained by one voice alone.

“Consider Me” is a song that asks you to feel deeply and openly. There is vulnerability in wanting someone, but perhaps even more in admitting that you are unsure whether you are worthy of being chosen. Stone captures both the devotion behind that declaration and the self-doubt required to make it.

I love you, baby, and I hope you see this.