O SlashFilm sugeriu a seguinte conexão:
The title [of the episode] is a direct reference to the song “A Horse with No Name,” by the band America, and Walt is shown singing the lyrics at the ep’s beginning and end. On both occasions he’s blindly visited by two threats in the clashing forms of law and chaos. It’s a great use of music because, for one, the song’s lyrics famously don’t make a lot of sense and yet the track creates a manly sense of importance and dignity in being lost and alone. The song is also thought to be about escapism via drugs (specifically heroin), and Walt is still high, albeit from the power of capitalizing on other people’s.
Infelizmente, Cracked fez um artigo investigando essa ideia da música sendo sobre escapismo de drogas e afirmou:
Apesar de sua decepção revelar, acho que os pensamentos do crítico Slash Film são provavelmente a melhor explicação de qualquer conexão mais profunda que existe. Meu próprio sentimento é simplesmente que a música é apenas uma escolha aleatória, já que é bastante leve em sintonia e fornece um contraste interessante para o extremo perigo em que Walt realmente está, tanto no início quanto no final do episódio.Let's save time here by going straight to Dewey Bunnell, the man who actually wrote the song:
"I wanted to capture the imagery of the desert, because I was sitting in this room in England, and it was rainy."
So, back when he was a kid, Dewey was playing around in the desert, found it interesting and years later wrote a song about it with a message about the environment. No heroin-induced hallucinations or allegorical desert, but real, actual desert.