I think thehungrybear has the gist of it. I get a picture of a lifestyle that chews people up and spits them out, but which nonetheless has its own strange, irresistable momentum carrying people along.
We get the sense, through the seasonal metaphors sprinkled throughout, that this is a cycle of destruction. Notice, though, that the seasons are mentioned backwards: summer, spring, winter, autumn. The implication seems to be that the "cycle" of the music world is unnatural and pernicious, but nonetheless beyond the control of those caught up in it.
I think thehungrybear has the gist of it. I get a picture of a lifestyle that chews people up and spits them out, but which nonetheless has its own strange, irresistable momentum carrying people along.
We get the sense, through the seasonal metaphors sprinkled throughout, that this is a cycle of destruction. Notice, though, that the seasons are mentioned backwards: summer, spring, winter, autumn. The implication seems to be that the "cycle" of the music world is unnatural and pernicious, but nonetheless beyond the control of those caught up in it.