I think the meaning is pretty clear. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his present one, even though he so badly wants to. It's lovely song, and very sad. You can really feel how defeated and frustrated he is with himself.
Chemicals down and I'm lost in the back beat
At a party feeling that freak heat up like the temperatures rising
starting to sweat 'cos there's something inside
going down and I'm feeling like the alien's in my head but nobody said
the truth is out there but what is that
'cos I ain't got a piece of that action yet
'Cos I'm on a world with the chocolate trees
I'm on a world with the lemonade seas
I'm on a world with the candy fuzz skies
I'm on a world where the aliens get high
Chemicals down and I'm losing my head space
I could swim if they let me in the race
but I'm not and I'm never gonna get there
'cos they don't let my kind of people in yet
beauty is only skin deep
so how can I feel like it's going off inside of me
I want to get out
I want to be free from this trip of this renegade reality
'Cos I'm on a world with the chocolate trees
I'm on a world with the lemonade seas
I'm on a world with the candy fuzz skies
I'm on a world where the aliens get high
So take me away on a flying saucer
come on you know you wanna
At a party feeling that freak heat up like the temperatures rising
starting to sweat 'cos there's something inside
going down and I'm feeling like the alien's in my head but nobody said
the truth is out there but what is that
'cos I ain't got a piece of that action yet
'Cos I'm on a world with the chocolate trees
I'm on a world with the lemonade seas
I'm on a world with the candy fuzz skies
I'm on a world where the aliens get high
Chemicals down and I'm losing my head space
I could swim if they let me in the race
but I'm not and I'm never gonna get there
'cos they don't let my kind of people in yet
beauty is only skin deep
so how can I feel like it's going off inside of me
I want to get out
I want to be free from this trip of this renegade reality
'Cos I'm on a world with the chocolate trees
I'm on a world with the lemonade seas
I'm on a world with the candy fuzz skies
I'm on a world where the aliens get high
So take me away on a flying saucer
come on you know you wanna
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