In my opinion, Bone Machine is Tom Waits best album. This song, however, doesn't quite make it in my book. While there is something endearing about the goofy "strangels"/"braingels"-wordplay, it doesn't work well within the context of a song about someone contemplating suicide.
In my opinion, Bone Machine is Tom Waits best album. This song, however, doesn't quite make it in my book. While there is something endearing about the goofy "strangels"/"braingels"-wordplay, it doesn't work well within the context of a song about someone contemplating suicide.