Pianeti means "planets". While seemingly simple, its use in the song is deeply metaphorical and central to the theme.
Ultimo sings, "È la fantasia che trasforma in pianeti i sassi" (It's fantasy that transforms pebbles into planets). This line beautifully encapsulates the idea of imagination and love elevating ordinary things into something vast and significant, much like how a small pebble can become an entire world when viewed through the lens of fantasy. It's a poetic and memorable image that gives the word a unique resonance within the song.
Ultimo turns a simple bar into an observatory where pebbles become planets. With his loved one absent, every instant feels cosmic: he waits "where the sea can’t be seen," where daylight refuses to arrive without her glow. From missed flights to curses hurled into the night, he threads ordinary moments with starlight, declaring that imagination can lift a kite to the moon and make the smallest secrets sing.
The song is a vow wrapped in vulnerability. Ultimo promises to hold space for both of them, to flip anxiety into care, and to keep walking even when the path is unknown. "Pianeti" is ultimately a love letter to waiting itself: it shows how longing can shrink the world to a single point behind us or stretch it into infinite skies ahead, proving that the truest connections keep orbiting even in silence.