The lyrics of [夕焼けの歌](https://www.uta-net.com/song/4633/) by Masahiko Kondo
contains the following parts:

> ゆらゆらとビルの都会に広がる  
>  あの頃と同じ 夕焼け空  
>  クソ食らえとただ  
>  アスファルト 蹴りつけ  
>  ああ春夏秋…と

> ゆらゆらと俺の頬に焼きつく  
>  あの頃と同じ 夕焼け空  
>  土下座したいほど  
>  愛が欲しいだけ  
>  ああ春夏秋…も

I have 2 questions about these 2 parts:

  1. Why just 3 seasons (without 冬 - winter) has been mentioned in the lyrics?
  2. What is the meaning of 2 particles (と and も) after `春夏秋…`?
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The meaning of 「春夏秋…」 with particles in 「夕焼けの歌」 song lyrics
1. I don't think it's possible to logically explain why 冬 is missing here. It has nothing to do with Japanese grammar or culture. Maybe the lyricist thought it would sound more profound, interesting or emotional if such a well-known phrase wasn't uttered until the end.
  2. This と is [this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/68132/5010), and this も is just "also/and". も might sound relatively a bit emphatic here.
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I was trying to think through this for a bit, and I can not provide a direct
answer.

Remember that people make their own connotations of words. I can equate this
in English to saying "wake me up when September ends"; September in itself
does not pose any meaning here, except it means something to the song-writer
(in this case the reminder of a person).

For here, the songwriter uses the evening glow (夕焼け) to represent his emotions
in the song, and perhaps this is subjective: is this evening glow visible in
the winter as much? I can only say this much. Further, based on the song's
message (I would assume you would better understand), is there a symbolic
reason to remove 冬?

However...

Alternatively, this may be a frivolous question to ask to begin with. Based on
the cadence of the song, fitting in 冬 would sound weird. Given that Japanese
tends to cut off sentences and shorten words, maybe he was implying all the
seasons (the typical word used), and just expected the listener to put them
all together. I note that [a transcription of the song](https://www.uta-
net.com/song/4633/) (likely made by a native speaker) does not correspond with
[the original video I saw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN6LasyvqPg), as it
does not make 春秋冬 into a single word, but instead makes the word trail off,
and then continues with the song:

> ああ春夏秋．．．と

We can always overcomplicate a songwriter's intention, but perhaps he was
implying 春夏秋冬, but just could not fit it in with the rhythm of the song. For
you, it might be best to just not think the exclusion of 冬 as meaning
anything; it does not seem to be an important part of the song anyway, as
evoking the seasons is very common in Japanese songs.
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