I always thought of this as natural vs. synthetic.
Paper=synthetic and rock= natural.
He forgot the zeros and one's, as in siding with the natural, then on Sunday, the day of rest...he remembered paper beats rock, or synthetic is better... and the argument goes back and forth the whole song.
Zero's and ones are used in digital imaging which would make sense in the line "Here is the (digital)picture you asked for here is the equation that matched(zeros and ones), I'll have nothing to do with it." That line is only in the live version though
He also makes several references to life which is natural. Thats just my opinion and its not concrete but I think that the general idea of the song has something to do technological advancement over taking the natural things in life.
I always thought of this as natural vs. synthetic. Paper=synthetic and rock= natural. He forgot the zeros and one's, as in siding with the natural, then on Sunday, the day of rest...he remembered paper beats rock, or synthetic is better... and the argument goes back and forth the whole song. Zero's and ones are used in digital imaging which would make sense in the line "Here is the (digital)picture you asked for here is the equation that matched(zeros and ones), I'll have nothing to do with it." That line is only in the live version though He also makes several references to life which is natural. Thats just my opinion and its not concrete but I think that the general idea of the song has something to do technological advancement over taking the natural things in life.