09/29/2026
Bury Me Upside Down
By James Pullen
Lyrics ..
(spoken word)
this is James Pullen.
pullenboy Music.
*(Verse 1)*
I walked these roads with my head hung low,
Talked to shadows, they never spoke back.
Friends were ghosts before they ever left,
Love was a promise that always came cracked.
Poured my heart in a bottomless well,
Echo came back just to wish me farewell.
Nobody noticed the weight in my chest,
So I learned how to carry the rest by myself.
*(Chorus)*
When I die, bury me upside down,
Feet to the sky, head in the ground.
So every damn one of you passing by
Can pucker up and give my ass a goodbye.
Nobody cared while the blood still ran warm,
So f**k all y’all when I’m gone in the storm.
Plant me wrong-way, let the message be loud—
Kiss my ass on the way to the clouds.
*(Verse 2)*
Birthdays came quiet, no candles, no call,
Christmas was just another day on the wall.
Helped when I could, got kicked when I fell,
They smiled to my face, then laughed when they tell.
I was the punchline that nobody wrote credit for,
The open hand everybody forgot to ignore.
So save your tears for somebody who bought the lie—
I’m cashing out early, waving you all goodbye.
*(Chorus)*
When I die, bury me upside down,
Boots in the heaven, skull kissing crown.
Let the whole town line up one by one,
Press their lips where the sun never shone.
Nobody gave a damn when my heart used to beat,
So don’t act brand new when they cover the sheet.
Flip me over, let the whole world know—
Kiss my ass, that’s the only love I’ll ever know.
*(Bridge)*
No flowers, no stone, no “he was a good man,”
Just dirt on my soles and a middle-finger plan.
If you visit, bring a blunt, not sorrow or shame—
Let it burn slow, then get the hell away.
*(Final Chorus)*
Yeah when I die, bury me upside down!
Let gravity finally turn this frown around!
Y’all didn’t love me when the breathing was free,
So kiss my ass for eternity!
Nobody cared, nobody came, nobody tried—
So f**k every last one of you—
Bury me upside down when I die.