Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. Our current guest editor is TJ Larum, a musician & songwriter.
Over a gritty guitar tone, VINJE challenges our perspective of ‘broken.’ His piece ‘Just Because’ is a call for us all to examine how we piece together those around us from the lens of our own experiences. An awful lot can appear broken if we struggle to complete the puzzle. If we can shed our mental shackles and take time in stride, perhaps we may not need to ‘fix’ that which is ‘broken.’
TJ Larum
Just Because
Duncan Vinje
VERSE:
Boy, just spend some time,
Deal with what’s right in your mind.
It won’t go, if you don’t.
And (oh) I know it feels good
To be mad at the world,
But it’s not the one who hurt you.
CHORUS:
Don’t call me broken just because
You can’t fit the pieces.
Don’t call me broken just because
You can’t change what you see.
Don’t call me broken.
VERSE:
Time is like a river,
It’ll wash away everything.
The good, the bad,
Even those trips we had.
They’re all floating away.
(Okay)
CHORUS:
Don’t call me broken just because
You can’t fit the pieces.
Don’t call me broken just because
You can’t change what you see.
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Minnesota musician, Duncan Vinje, shakes up the traditional solo act by blending together electric guitar with singer-songwriter qualities. On May 30th, 2020, Duncan released a live music video for his original song, “Just Because”. This would be the first musical effort released under his moniker, “VINJE”. This video was produced by VINJE, Ryan Unger, and So It Goes Studios along with the support of the Ward Family Barn.