Entirely Too Much: Harrison Gordon’s “Sight of Blood” / Review

“Sight of Blood” offers insight into the unresolved thoughts and emotions that shaped their new record. This becomes especially apparent when listening to the album’s focus track, “Sight of Blood.” The song captures the emotional epiphany of confronting who and what was lost during this internal battle.

“Sight of Blood” by Harrison Gordon is a dark track expressing emotions of self-doubt, fear, and isolation. The band plays into the idea that external reality and internal reality are not alike. The weather is nice, but inside the brain, it’s cold and lonely. There are thoughts traveling around inside that were never spoken during the “summer wasted away.” Along with mentioning that this unidentified person was the only one spoken to for three months, the layering of nightmares about losing someone exacerbates that intense fear of loss and loneliness, while only blaming oneself.

Destructive self-imagery of guns, blood, and being stuck in this repetitive cycle of feeling like they are the “cause of death” but cannot shake the tragedy at hand adds another layer to the track. This lyricism could be taken literally, but it also becomes another way for the band to show that self-blame. The track brings acknowledgment to these unspoken things but shows that the communication necessary to get this point across is unobtainable. The personality developed through this negative inner criticism, especially self-blame and self-doubt, has brought undeniable beliefs of being “too much” for anyone.

Written by Allie Loven