everything but the logic

Back in 1994, Everything but the Girl left its mark on the scene with an 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, evocative...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. So, a desert not only does not miss the rain (because the flora and fauna have adapted to the relatively harsh environs), it would be serverly damaged should it be exposed to excessive rainfall.
So, if we're to accurately conceptualize Everything's lyrics, the song is actually saying "I am completely equipped to handle life without you and miss you so little that I could actually be destroyed if I see too much of you."