Brace yourselves. This is epic. My good friend DanFox is into hypnosis, and uses files to send himself into a trance. It's not uncommon, and he wrote some lyrics he needed someone to put music to. Enter Equium, stage left. He asked me to make some music for the lyrics, and here's the result!

The lyrics are property of Danfox, the music property of Equium. Here are the lyrics, performed by the flute throughout, apart from the monologue at the beginning, spoken over the synth.

(Spoken)
Oh you may laugh.
I put in a lot of effort
And for what?
To end up with a load of pictures of this creature
Which I say is me, and looks like me
Yet looks so different too.
To end up with plushies all over the floor
and hanging off the door
Is maybe a fursuit, its face expressionless and its faux fur peeling from glued seams.
OK, even that remains one of my dreams.
I can't rub two Pound coins together.
But regardless of my situation,
Regardless of the cost,
Being furry is more than just a hobby, it's a dream,
An aspiration
Which I hold onto forever.
Nobody else might understand it
But one day, mark my words, I will achieve it.

(Music starts)

To be the furry anthropomorph
To walk equally on four legs or two
To be the me that I want to show
The me that I want the world to know,
You wouldn't believe how far I would go.

And as I listen here tonight
I am sure this is the night
And everything feels right for me
As I settle down and relax
Ready to face what I say are the facts
All encoded to MP3...

This is what I've always been,
And this is what I want to become,
The animal that resides inside me,
Will come forth as I trance myself numb.

The hypnotist is a voice I trust,
And I know one of these days it surely must
Be able to do unto myself, what the file says
I listen to it in the night
I listen knowing now is right
And listening through the days
And weeks
And months
And... years.
But I know I'll get there in the end
This is only proof that my will is strong
If that's the case, it'll be reinforced
Because I know my right from wrong.

And as I listen to the low voice
A calm, soothing background noise
I know it won't be the end of this epic slog
And as I sink deeper into this trance
There's always just that slight chance
Encoded into dot Ogg...

This is what I've always seen,
And this is what I've become,
The animal that is the real me,
Is here and now I am done,

And so I walk off into the night,
My eyes reflecting a bright light,
My tail asway
My fur moving in the breeze
My whiskers twitching
And my ears locating sounds with ease
I am everything I want to be,
Happier than anybody
My paws I flex
And run through my hair
Free from worry
Free from care
A furry for real
That you can touch and feel
That is the dream
Now I'm one step closer
And quite surreal.

And as you listen to the gentle tones
Coming to you through those headphones,
And you lie down upon your bed
There is plenty of time and no worry
The very next listen might make a furry
Of you as you take in everything that's said...

This is what you've always wanted to do
And this is what you want to become,
The animal that is the real you,
Your heart is beating like a slow soft drum.
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Consists of: Synths, harp, glockenspiel, cello, flute, timpani, choir.