The Essence of Silence Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dmk 

Cover art for The Essence of Silence lyrics by Epica

I think it's about someone who has seen and learnt too many. Suddenly, he starts to feel, that it's too much fot him "Something is wrong My strength has gone Thoughts are corrupting my mind"

Maybe it's just one concrete thing, that he can't stand, e.g. some bad think he did. I think it's possible, but "too much of knowledge" is more oriented on science (and album (or parts) are inspired by the science book "The quantum enigma), so I prefer this interpretation. But sentence "It’s just a dreary memory stuck in your mind" makes me pretty unsure.

So I will continous explaining the "science-oriented meaning" of lyrics His knowledge is not usefull, it's just torturing his mind (remind me some evening, when I can't fall to sleep, becouse of too many thoughts in my mind).

But there's a way from this trouble. Maybe he (or she :) ) should let his all my get clean, empty (allowed the silence to deystroy your thoughs in every kind), but it's also to much. Isn't better just find inner peace? ("Retrieve your balance Use your senses to observe (the essence of silence) Search for your essence Find the silence within you ")

I quite confuse about final sentence "(The essence lies in silence)" Maybe it says that this trying is impossible, that only way to get inner peace, to escape from bad thoughst is to be death (or very empty?).

My Interpretation