Time & Perspective Quote by Roger Andrew Taylor

There is a particular kind of humility in the way Taylor narrates comeback as something that happens to you, not something you manufacture. "Slowly" and "drift" cast his return to music less as a triumphant reboot than a gradual re-entry into an old weather system, the sort of life you fall back into once the noise of everything else quiets down. That choice of language matters: it keeps the ego out of the frame, which is rare currency in rock mythology.

Then comes the jolt: "I finally got the call from John". The passive structure is doing cultural work. It positions reunion not as a strategic brand move but as permission granted by the missing piece, a nod to the unspoken hierarchy inside long-running bands where one person’s willingness can unlock everyone else’s future. "Out of the blue" signals how fragile those possibilities are, even for legends. You can have decades of history and still be one unanswered phone call away from permanence.

The most revealing line is the quiet grief of "I almost thought that the moment had passed". It’s not just about scheduling; it’s about time as an antagonist. Rock is obsessed with "the moment" - the peak, the era, the version of yourself that felt inevitable. Taylor admits that even insiders fear their story has already resolved. The subtext is that reunions aren’t fueled only by nostalgia; they’re powered by the sudden realization that unfinished things can still be finished, if the right voice calls at the right time.