I see this as him leaving a loved one for the last time as they are in the final stages of dying or just passed. Once on the road he is overcome with grief and considers killing himself, but then sees god. God explains that he has a plan for everyone and the death was part of it. The narrator asks god to take him instead, which is why "he understands why God died."
I see this as him leaving a loved one for the last time as they are in the final stages of dying or just passed. Once on the road he is overcome with grief and considers killing himself, but then sees god. God explains that he has a plan for everyone and the death was part of it. The narrator asks god to take him instead, which is why "he understands why God died."