Gary Go, that's me! Born and raised in London, England in the shadow of Wem… Read Full Bio ↴Gary Go, that's me! Born and raised in London, England in the shadow of Wembley Stadium. I had an insight into music early because my older cousin was in bands and used to let me sit in his studio while he wrote and recorded songs. He used to give me Bowie and Beatles records to listen to. Then I heard wives' tales about Paul McCartney not really being Paul McCartney and how the clues to his death were in the artwork of their albums and that had me pretty spooked when listening to the Beatles for quite some time. I got really into early Bowie (like The London Boys era), then came T.Rex, Queen, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel and of course Michael Jackson. I tried writing songs when my cousin gave me my first keyboard, a little casio. I wrote a song called "The Stomach Ground" about a village of people living on someone's stomach. I basically wrote more and more songs, and figured out how to multi-track using a double cassette deck. Music was where I was heading. I left school to get a job in a recording studio, I made tea and set-up microphones. Then I set-up The Canvas Room, my own little studio and record label. I made an e.p called the So So...e.p and started playing shows around London. Someone who heard the So So...e.p happened to run a big studio in New Jersey USA and I was invited out there to record another e.p and I wrote an e.p called The Diary Of Rodney Harvey, inspired by an article I had read about the tragic rise and fall of this promising star. I ended up living in Manhattan for a few months, playing music, writing songs and working in studios. I moved back to New Jersey and somehow got a room in the house that Frank Sinatra grew up in. I bought a little Casio keyboard, just like the one my cousin had given me when I was five and I started writing songs for my first album.

"Gary Go" my debut album is available to buy NOW on iTunes:
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Engines
Gary Go Lyrics

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So this is where the engines start
Oh this is where we find the words I'll never talk
Is this where the fuel runs out
Or the starting point to turn it round
Lift the brakes lets not waste time cause

Your love is my life
I don't know why we're fighting

When we're on the same side
Stop here we're stalling
I cant keep looking backwards
Gotta live for now not then
So engines can start again

Oh this is where the penny drops
We only seem to look for it when its lost
Oh there were times we made the traffic stop
But now the bright lights don't notice us at all
Oh Lift the weights lets not waste time
With the little things that stop us moving

Cause your love is my life
I don't know why we're fighting
When we're on the same side
Stop here we're stalling
I cant keep looking backwards
Gotta live for now not then
So engines can start again

My happy memory is home
Back when the engines started on their own
Lost in so many different places
So many conversations
Faces I don't wanna face
Without your love in my life
I don't know where were going
But I cant wait to arrive

Cause your love is my life
I don't know why were fighting
When we're on the same side
Stop here were stalling
I cant keep looking backwards
Gotta live for now not then
So engines can start

So engines can start
Engines can start again

Overall Meaning

In "Engines," Gary Go sings about his relationship, using a metaphor of a car or airplane. The song starts with the engines turning on, symbolizing the start of the relationship or a new chapter. He then talks about finding the words he cannot say and wondering if this is where the fuel runs out, or if they can turn the relationship around. He urges his partner to not waste time and to lift the brakes, to keep moving forward.

The chorus repeats the theme that his partner's love is his life and they should be on the same side instead of fighting. They are stalling, and he cannot keep looking backward, they need to live in the present so that the engines can start again. He reminisces about happier times in the past when the engines started on their own, and he was not lost in many different places.

Overall, "Engines" by Gary Go is a plea to his partner to work towards improving their relationship, to move forward and not live in the past. The metaphor of the engine helps to convey the message of not giving up and trying to rekindle the spark.

Line by Line Meaning

So this is where the engines start
Beginning of a new phase

Oh this is where we find the words I'll never talk
Unspoken thoughts and emotions

Is this where the fuel runs out
Lack of energy and motivation

Or the starting point to turn it round
Opportunity to make a change

Lift the brakes lets not waste time cause
Don't let obstacles hold you back

Your love is my life
Emphasis on the importance of love

I don't know why we're fighting
Conflict in a relationship

When we're on the same side
Being unified

Stop here we're stalling
Feeling stuck and stagnant

I cant keep looking backwards
Focusing on the past

Gotta live for now not then
Importance of living in the present

Oh this is where the penny drops
Realization of something important

We only seem to look for it when its lost
Taking things for granted

Oh there were times we made the traffic stop
Moments of significance

But now the bright lights don't notice us at all
Feeling unnoticed or unimportant

Oh Lift the weights lets not waste time
Removing unnecessary burdens

With the little things that stop us moving
Minor distractions causing delay

My happy memory is home
Nostalgia for a previous time or place

Back when the engines started on their own
Ease and spontaneity of past experiences

Lost in so many different places
Feeling disoriented or lost

So many conversations
Numerous experiences and interactions

Faces I don't wanna face
Avoiding confrontation or difficult situations

Without your love in my life
Significance of love and its impact

I don't know where were going
Uncertainty about the future

But I cant wait to arrive
Anticipation for what's to come

So engines can start
Motivation to move forward

So engines can start again
Beginning anew with energy and determination

Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: GO, SOLOMON

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Comments from YouTube:

takeitonthechin

4y↑4

I never get sick of it.👍

Simon Trelfa

6y↑21

One of the great unheard songs of our time

Terry Kiely

2y↑3

must have played this a million times... goosebumps every time!

Rachel Mateya

6y↑10

I'm screaming over here! This is such incredible work and there are so few comments and thumbs up, I'm dumbfounded. I'm just rediscovering the music after years and years but this man deserves so much more from "the people" oi vey with the talent.