Near completion of Piece of Heaven, I thought it may be interesting if I were to write a song with the title Peace of Hell. The idea was about this person whom couldn’t make it into heaven but spent their days in Hell as a peacemaker between Heaven and Hell. At least that is what I laid in Tom's lap when I explained to him that I began writing about this concept and then I took a right hand turn somewhere and pretty much veered off course with the writing and ended up with what now is When I Die. So I told Tom of my story and the idea and told him the title and asked if he was interested in taking the lead with the concept. I think he happily agreed. I know he liked the idea of the title because it was kind of neat against his Piece of Heaven, which would continue in the spirit of the QFG theme. I hadn't realized how much he would immerse himself into this idea. One evening, I arrive to the studio and he prefaces me of an epic masterpiece which he is putting together. At this point, what he played back for me were bits and pieces that he had for ideas but they were not yet arranged and so I really could not grasp the entire idea which he was hearing in his head. I thought they were really great ideas, however. Then one evening I arrived to the studio and he had pieced much of the idea together. He warned me of its length but that it was for purpose. What I heard was astonishing and I was really looking forward to singing on this work of art. As I read Tom's lyrics, I liked what he had written for the most part but was not 100% sold on a couple of them. I felt that there were a couple of areas where I was going to have to edit so that words and phrasing would fit with the music as is many times the case. To this day, I am not wholly convinced that the "She feeds the devil crumbs" part fits the song but I do understand its meaning and importance in the song. It took MUCH of Tom & I sitting down and working through the ideas which he had for singing this song, remembering which parts go where and so on, so forth. We had to lay scratch tracks down so that I could remember what I was singing and where the parts would begin and end. Here is where I will explain to the reader that through this entire project, there were many set-backs either where I couldn't make it to the studio or Tom couldn't. Many colds and illnesses and whatever the reason for setback was later, we were able to get through the process. Mind you, there were times that I would arrive with my cold and sing anyways including some vocal parts which we would record and keep. This song was one song that I know there were just such parts because it was such a lengthy song with a lengthy recording process attached to it. But I loved the challenge of this song and agree with Tom that it carries almost everything that I possess as a vocalist in all of the parts. We were very pleased with the end result. Hope you (the listener) feel the same.

Tom's Rebuttle: I'm glad Jeff didn't too obviously voice his concerns on "bread feeding" section during recording. I probably would have banished him into the reality of this very song. Those two sections are the two most important sections of the song lyrically and emotionally. They tell the whole Journey. And since they are meant to be sung loosley out of time, more freeform, knowing Jeff I can understand why that makes him uncomfortable.