 Not being able to handle his situation, the central character retreats into his own mind, which is basically what "King of Fools" explains.Then there's a period of quiet reflection, "The Sense in Sanity", where he tries to work out what's happening, followed by a rush back to reality with "State of Mine".On the second disc of the album he comes to realise that he's part of some form of experiment and that he's been kept away for some reason, so he needs to know why that happened ("Breathtaker").