Taxidermy

i think i also have heard that interview elevenclockticktock. i love harry's voice in this song! here is an interpretation which would agree with elevenclockticktocks meaning:

Hang me up on your wall, above the coal fire - (her parents will insists that their bodies are to be hung up in their daughters living room above the coal fire) Keep your promises, keep your promises

Hang me up on your wall You're such a cold liar, do what your father says — (justifying the fact that the song is about a rebellious daughter by calling her a “cold liar” and telling her to do what her father says) What your father says.

I still remember your voice, it turns my blood cold — (the daughter could be narrating this line by saying thinking about her deceased parents still freaks her out) The kids are fast asleep, keep them fast asleep Your soul still haunts these walls, like Taxidermy — (taxidermy is the act of stuffing a dead body and mounting it up on display which is what the daughter is forced to do with her parent’s bodies)

Theres no kiss of life's, no baby don't pretend — (there’s nothing nice about this situation so there’s no point in pretending) With your heart in your throat and a gun to your head — (for whatever reasons she is forced to have her parents hung up) You can burn the money in the fireplace — (not too sure about this line but perhaps this is the only way that she’ll have access to her inheritance? ) You keep on telling white lies to the little kids — (she has to lie to her children to hide the fact that their grandparents bodies are here) I think its time they knew just what it means to live — (but maybe the children have a right to know? ) You can burn your parents in the fireplace — (kind of self explanatory)

I saw you run from the cold, out of my arms — (her parents could be narrating this part and describing when their daughter started to go off the rails) Your mother cried for years, she cried for years — (the father claims that the mother was deeply upset about her wayward daughter I saw you run through the cold, put ice in my heart — (her father was also deeply disappointed by his daughter) Now tell me all your fears, i'll be your greatest fear — (he now feels even with his daughter by causing her as much trouble as she did to them when they were alive)

You couldn't cut the smile from my face Cos we're so proud today, we're so proud today — (the parents are thrilled about the fact that finally they have found a way of upsetting the daughter as they feel she deserves it) Our eyes will haunt these walls, like Taxidermy