Back in 1994, Everything but the Girl left its mark on the scene with a catchy electronica-inspired dancehall ballad of love and longing in which the vocalist claims to miss his/her lover "like the deserts miss the rain..."
Poetic, sensual, provocative...except for one thing:
Deserts don't miss the rain. They're fucking deserts. By definition, the climate is arid and either intensely hot or cold. Even the wettest deserts get less than 10 inches of precipitation per year. Further, the flora and fauna, having adapted to the relatively harsh environs, would be serverly damaged should they be exposed to excessive rainfall.
So, if we're to accurately conceptualize Everything's lyrics, the song is really saying, "I am completely equipped to handle life without you and miss you so little that I would actually be destroyed if I see you too much."
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