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according to an interview Malkmus gave on Jesse Pearson’s “apology” podcast, the name of the song came to him when staring at the central illustration in the 1984 Kenny Scharf painting “When the Worlds Collide,” which he saw while working as a security guard at the Whitney at the time.
[Verse 1]
Can you treat it like an oil well
When it's underground, out of sight?
And if the site is just a whore-sign
Can it make enough sense to me?
[Verse 2]
Pretend the table is a trust-knot
We'll put our labels down, faith is down
I'll watch a yarn of twine unravel
And you'll never get it back
[Pre-Chorus]
It's what I want (It's what I want)
It's what I want (Twine comes down)
It's what I want (It's what I want)
Don't you know? I could make it dry, make it dry, make it dry, make it dry
[Chorus]
I've been crowned the king of it
And it is all we have, so wait
To hear my words and they're diamond-sharp
I could open it up and it's up and down
[Instrumental Post-Chorus]
[Pre-Chorus]
It's what I want (It's what I want)
I'll see you beg like a little dog (Ball and twine)
Don't you know that it's what I want (It's what I want)
I'll see you beg, and it makes you dry
Make me dry, make me dry, make me dry
[Chorus]
I've been down, the king of it
It's all we have, I've been down
And I could wait to hear the words
They're diamond-sharp today
[Instrumental Post-Chorus]
In the Mouth a Desert was written by Stephen Malkmus.
In the Mouth a Desert was produced by Pavement.
Pavement released In the Mouth a Desert on Mon Apr 20 1992.