This song, along with "Splintered In Her Head" & of course "Charlotte Sometimes" were all inspired by Penelope Farmer's book by the same name. Nerd that i am, i actually own a copy; you will actually find the famouse phrase "stiff as toys/ & tall as men" in the book.
This song in particular is about a dream the protagonist, Charlotte Makepeace, has, in which she fights along with toy soldiers in a war that her caretaker's (Miss Chisel Brown) brother Arthur died in (probably WWI).
I really recommend it- it's a neat story.
This song, along with "Splintered In Her Head" & of course "Charlotte Sometimes" were all inspired by Penelope Farmer's book by the same name. Nerd that i am, i actually own a copy; you will actually find the famouse phrase "stiff as toys/ & tall as men" in the book.
This song in particular is about a dream the protagonist, Charlotte Makepeace, has, in which she fights along with toy soldiers in a war that her caretaker's (Miss Chisel Brown) brother Arthur died in (probably WWI).
I really recommend it- it's a neat story.