This piece came together after I finally set the lyrics to the sound world of the Qin Silk Consort, letting the guqin, dizi, and soft erhu shape the atmosphere from the very first breath. At sixty beats per minute, the music settles into a quiet pulse that invites the listener to drift with the river silt and the memories buried beneath it. The story is drawn from archaeological traces, but the heart of the song lies in how those remnants speak across time. Each instrument echoes a different layer of that silence: the guqin carrying the deepest currents, the dizi lifting faint voices from long ago, and the erhu holding the emotional thread between what was lost and what remains. It’s a meditation on identity, impermanence, and the quiet grace of things uncovered. The Consort’s sound gives the whole piece a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.

A meditative Qin Silk Consort piece, slow and serene, tracing forgotten lives through sound and silence. #adamrsweet #QinSilkConsort #GoldenPyre


[Verse 1]
Beneath the river's gentle silt,
A life once lived in gold was built.
Charred bones sleep in quiet ash,
Treasures glimmer where the embers last.

[Verse 2]
Bracelets twisted, coins of old,
A ring with letters carved in cold.
Greek intaglio, bulla worn,
Whispers of a name forlorn.

[Chorus]
Golden pyre, burn so bright,
Eternal sleep in the fading light.
Riches fade, the soul remains,
Echoes soft through time's domains.

[Verse 3]
Terra sigillata, glass so clear,
Crystals glint where shadows peer.
Iron hangs, a horse once tamed,
A life remembered, never named.

[Chorus]
Golden pyre, burn so bright,
Eternal sleep in the fading light.
Riches fade, the soul remains,
Echoes soft through time's domains.

[Bridge - instrumental meditation]
(Guqin plucked slowly, dizi breathy, erhu sustains a long note, soft wind sounds if desired)
Time drifts slow, the river bends,
History folds, and silence sends…

[Outro - whispered ethereal voice]
Beneath the silt, beneath the clay,
The golden heart sleeps far away.
Memory lingers, soft and clear,
A voice of ages, we draw near.

Golden Pyre 金色火葬

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Golden Pyre 金色火葬

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