J. Robbins on this song: “The lyrics are about the Salton Sea, which is a place that I’ve never ever been to, but I’ve been obsessed with for like 25 years. I have books of photographs of the Salton Sea, and I’ve always read a lot about it, and I feel like it has this huge metaphorical value. It’s c...
Take me down to the desert sea
I don't want to wait
I want to leech my memory
Like bones by the desert sea
Bleached until no one can read their history
Now dive, sun-blind, to the new starting line
Now dive, sun-blind, to the new starting line
Half-submerged in the desert sea, an ex-paradise
Keepsakes down there for me
Like bones from the desert sea
Thrown for divination ceremonies
Now dive, sun-blind, to the new starting line
Now dive, sun-blind, to the new starting line
Broken casino road
Aluminum home
Unbroken sky
Absolve and die
Sun-blind, to the new starting line
Dive, sun-blind, to the new starting line
Take me down to the desert sea
I don't want to wait
I want to leech my memory
Like bones by the desert sea
Bleached until no one can read their history
Desert Sea was written by Jawbox.
Desert Sea was produced by Jawbox & John Agnello.
Jawbox released Desert Sea on Tue Jul 02 1996.