# Tom Waits and the surface of text

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-10-29-tom-waits-and-the-surface-of-text

The piece argues that a Tom Waits song gains force by violating stylistic expectations established across his body of work.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 29 October 2006

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2006/10/29/tom-waits-and-the-surface-of-text/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 29 October 2006
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: music, poetry, style, narrative.

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