Lyric discussion by twee! 

Cover art for Italy lyrics by Akron/Family

it's death, man! DEATH! srrsly.when he says he's leaving this evenin', he means he's gonna die! and when he says he's waiting for his time to come, and that he's "RRREEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDYYYYYY", that means he's ready TO DIE. why do you think he says he's ready with such vigor at the end? HUH

. . .so maybe i was a little quick to jump to the whole death thing. he's probably leaving to/from italy and is waiting for evening, like TheSundanceKid said but yeah, then it gets all metaphysical and shit and maybe in his endless waiting "standing still's the sun", and he starts thinking about other major changes, like death. and the last part is his mind wandering around, thinking about dying and time and shit. i like that idea a lot better than the whole thing being about death. 2009-me needs to calm down.