Lyric discussion by JesperLocher 

Cover art for Turnin' On The Screw lyrics by Queens of the Stone Age

It's definitely about how sexculture has changed for the bad. I mean: TURNING on the SCREW. Turning is changing, and screw is of course screwing someone, so sex.

It puts the lotion in the basket: So if you ask how you're supposed to have sex, you ruin the chemistry and the lotion goes in the basket, so no sex.

You say bigger's better but bigger's bigger: Obviously about penis size

White boy cast out like a figure: The white boy pretends to be something he's not.

The world is round my square don't fit at all: His penis doesn't fit, but probably in a sarcastic way, because penises not fitting in the hole is bullshit.

You can't lose it if you never had it: Virginity

And then the most important one, Fear of failure is all you've started: People are afraid to fail at being good at sex etc etc etc

I think you can fill the rest in for yourselves.

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