When the Night Comes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 3wolveshirt 

Cover art for When the Night Comes lyrics by Dan Auerbach

I may be way off here, but I think he's telling this to someone dying. The night is death. When it comes, don't be afraid of the things in your past. You'll be in the afterlife with the ones you love.

That's what I imagine it to be about.

I'm wrong. But that's still the way I interpret it. To each their own.