Sick (A Censored Sunlight song)

Sick, the second single from A Censored Sunlight's debut album Bloodlines, was released digitally on January 21st, 2012. The song is a mellow and simplistic ballad showcasing a low fingerpicking riff throughout the piece. It received moderate digital commercial success in the US. The song is dedicated to his father.

Background
After nearly half a year since any public word on the progress of A Censored Sunlight's debut record, the song surfaced. The lyrics are described by the songwriter as simplistic and vague, but containing a stronger purpose beneath the surface. Sunlight wrote all the music and lyrics, as he did for his previous single, Temperance. The song showcases a low fingerpicking riff. Sunlight describes the composition of the single:

"I think a lot of people wondered why the lyrics had such a drop in complexity from Temperance, and I did that on purpose actually. My dad's a poet and his concepts tend to be very simplistic and vague, and since the song was targeted at him, I think I wanted to model the format after him. Sick is just all about this defiance I wanted my dad to feel after having some major aspects of his life taken away- I really felt for him. I thought I was handling my parents' divorce pretty well, and I wanted him to handle it in his own way. Sick was just meant to empower."

Critical and Commerical Reception
Although not professionally reviewed, Sick was generally well-received by the general public. Sick charted at number 75 on the ReverbNation Local 100, where it now sits. In digital sales, Sick received mild success.

Single Cover
Sunlight describes his interpretation of the cover for Sick:

"The covers I had for my two singles, Temperance and Sick, were both taken from Dante's Divine Comedy, which is essentially one man's journey through heaven, hell, and purgatory. The cover from Sick shows this like gargantuan bird carrying this full grown person- I like to think about myself being that person, and the full-grown aspect is that I was kind of forced into this unwanted maturity when my parents separated... the bird was this new life I had to face, and my dad was kind of watching as I was being taken out of his life that he'd come to know as his everyday."

Credits
Nick Malone p/k/a A Censored Sunlight - lead vocals, lead guitar, writer, co-producer

Liz Berg - producer, rhythm guitar, background vocals