Lyric discussion by Scrabble_Life 

Cover art for Avalanche (Leonard Cohen cover) lyrics by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I think it's about a man who stepped into an avalanche - a series of bad things that happened in his life. but after all, he's not so miserable and he won't go down for the lowest. and the part "do not dress in those rags for me, I know you are not poor" is maybe a reference to phony and two-faced people.

I think it's about drugs.