I guess wasn't kidding that this album is basically all about unrequited love. I heard this song for the first time on KCRW last night and just from the lyrics figured out who it was. And I groaned in self-recognition and then laughed hysterically :D (originally posted on Facebook)

While Sam Smith has figured prominently in my personal internal soundtrack this year ("Latch", "[Good Thing][1]", his cover of Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know?", etc.), other than the generalized vibe of unrequited love, I didn't really feel any direct personal emotional associations with "Stay with Me" (this despite the fact that I included it on a few playlists, although it has since acquired indirect personal emotional associations….)