Love Quote by Alex Lifeson

Relief is doing cartwheels in this line, but it’s the kind that tries not to look sentimental on camera. Lifeson isn’t just describing a pleasant phone call from Neil Peart; he’s describing a signal flare from someone who’d been functionally absent, swallowed by grief and illness, and maybe by the insulating silence that often follows both. “My heart soared” lands with extra weight precisely because it’s slightly out of character for a rock-god milieu that usually prizes cool over candor. He lets the feeling show because the stakes are existential.

The phrase “when Neil called” does a lot of work. Calling isn’t dramatic. It’s mundane, almost dated, which makes it powerful: the recovery isn’t measured in heroic declarations, but in the willingness to initiate contact, to re-enter friendship, obligation, and everyday reciprocity. Lifeson’s repetition - “And the reason was, because…” - has the halting rhythm of someone still processing what the moment meant. He’s narrating his own disbelief in real time.

Then comes the gut-punch metaphor: “back to the world of the living.” It’s affectionate, but it also admits how close Peart had seemed to the opposite state, socially if not literally. Subtext: the band’s mythology (precision, control, almost superhuman professionalism) couldn’t protect them from private catastrophe. Lifeson frames recovery as a return to community, not to the stage. The intent is praise, but also testimony: sometimes the smallest outreach is the loudest comeback.