Had It Lost It Found it
TNT Lyrics


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We have lost the melody
Now the notes are running free
We had no sense of harmony
We seldom played in key

Words were bad from time to time
We could never get the rhyme
Was it you, or was it me...
That set the music free?

Keep on diggin' it!
Keep on playin' it!
Keep on diggin' it!
Had it, lost it, found it
Had it, lost it, found it

Melody, I love your beat
Notes that only we repeat
All composed from bar to bar,
But songs like that, they don't go far...

So this song ends at the start
Melody, you broke my heart




Dissonance, disharmony,
But now I'm back in key...

Overall Meaning

The song "Had It Lost It Found It" by TNT is about the loss and rediscovery of a musical harmony. The lyrics speak to the struggles of musicianship and the difficulty of maintaining consistent, harmonious sound. The first verse describes the lack of harmony, melody, and rhythm- resulting in 'bad' lyrics. The second verse contains a lament for the loss of what should have been a timeless melody but was lost due to the difficulty of maintaining musical harmony. The chorus of "keep on diggin' it! Keep on playin' it! Had it, lost it, found it" expresses a desire to continue to search for and find the lost harmony.


The final verse of the song is more hopeful. The singer expresses their love for a particular melody and how notes of the melody have been repeated over time in different forms. Despite the harmony being lost, the songwriter vows to not give up and to find it once again. In the end, the singer says "But now I'm back in key..." suggesting that through persistence and effort, they finally rediscovered the lost harmony.


Line by Line Meaning

We have lost the melody
We can no longer hear or replicate the main tune of our music.


Now the notes are running free
Our musical notes seem uncontrolled and uncoordinated, lacking structure.


We had no sense of harmony
Our music lacked the blending of different notes into one pleasing sound.


We seldom played in key
We often played notes that didn't follow the main key of the music, creating discordance.


Words were bad from time to time
Our lyrics were occasionally poorly written or ill-suited to the music.


We could never get the rhyme
It was difficult for us to create lyrical rhymes that sounded right with the music.


Was it you, or was it me... That set the music free?
We both may have contributed to the lack of musical structure and coherence.


Keep on diggin' it!
Don't give up on fixing the music! Keep trying to improve it.


Keep on playin' it!
Don't stop playing the music, even if it's not perfect yet.


Had it, lost it, found it
We went through a process of having, then losing, and eventually finding our musical direction.


Melody, I love your beat
The singer admires the main tune of the music and appreciates its rhythm.


Notes that only we repeat
The musical notes we play are unique to us and not commonly heard elsewhere.


All composed from bar to bar
The music was created step-by-step, bar-by-bar, rather than all at once.


But songs like that, they don't go far...
The type of music we created is unlikely to become popular or well-known.


So this song ends at the start
The song is heading nowhere and will not be successful.


Melody, you broke my heart
The lack of structure and coherence in the music is disappointing to the singer.


Dissonance, disharmony
The music sounded discordant and inharmonious.


But now I'm back in key...
The singer has found their way back to playing notes that fit the main key of the music, restoring coherence and hope to the song.




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