Lyric discussion by floshontay 

Cover art for Higgs Boson Blues lyrics by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

for me its either about an experience of drug withdrawal or drug usage.

Gonna teach it to you --> withdrawal

Who cares? Who cares what the future brings? --> usage

in my opinion it's about someone who checks into a motel who writes down everything he is experiencing on his trip and stay there. i'm pretty sure it's drug related.

My Interpretation

actually I meant to say, the Lorainne Motel in Memphis

I believe that it is too reductive to say that's just about drugs. Althought I remember Nick mentioning how he used to go to Brighton (before he was married) just to lock himself in a hotel room and drink and sweat and stay away from drugs. (So maybe that's why he says: "It's hot, it's hot, that's why they call it the Hot-Spot"