"Angels or Devils", from the album "Stripped" by Dishwalla original lead singer JR Richards

As they say, “Nothing beats the original”. JR Richards is, and always will be, the best lead singer of Dishwalla. He just cannot be replaced (sorry, Justin Fox). Original frontmen of famous bands will always leave a tremendous void when they break away. They carry much of the sound and identity of the band itself. They are their group’s “voice”, after all.

I truly hate December now. I always feel this way towards the end of every Gregorian calendar year, since 2014. HAHAHA… very specific!!! I just can’t seem to absorb that I simply won’t get what I long for... always stopped on my tracks and dumbfounded. Why can’t I finally accept it?! I’m sick of feeling like an idiot over and over!! I really hope that this is the last. Yes, I’m saying it: I am fed up trying! I am so angry and sad at the same time. But it always is a better choice to be sad rather than be angry… Time to fight my demons again.

“ANGELS OR DEVILS” by Dishwalla, as performed by original lead vocalist JR Richards

This is the last time

That I'm ever gonna come here tonight

And this is the last time I will fall

Into a place that fails us all inside

Well I can see the pain in you

And I could see the love in you

And fighting all the demons will take time

It will take time…

The angels they burn inside for us

And are we ever, are we ever gonna learn to fly?

The devils they burn inside of us

And are we ever gonna come back down, come around?

I'm always gonna worry ‘bout, the things that couldn't make us cold…

This is the last time

That I'm ever gonna give in tonight

And are there angels or devils crawling here?

I just want to know what blurs and what is clear to see

Well I can see the pain in you

And I can see the love in you, oooohhhh….

And fighting all the demons will take time

It will take time…

The Angels they burn inside for us

And are we ever, are we ever gonna learn to fly?

The devils they burn inside of us

And are we ever gonna come back down, come around?

I'm always gonna worry ‘bout the things that could break us

If I were to give in, I’d give it up and then

Take a breath, make it deep, 'cause it might be the last one you get

Be the last one that can't make us cooooold, la la la la la la,

That couldn't make us cooooold, la la la la la la, ooooohhhhh…..

I'm always gonna worry ‘bout the things that couldn't make us cold…