Lyric discussion by Hans Leopold 

Cover art for Medisin lyrics by Classic Crime, The

In an interview with The Classic Crime's frontman/vocalist Matt MacDonald, he was asked the story behind the song "Medisin"

Matt: "There's a couple songs that are about addiction or about using a substance to escape, which could be really anything, but this specifically talks about drinking and as an escape from truly living, because truly living to your full capacity is kind of terrifying because of the sacrifices you need to make. It's kind of about that, it's kind of about a longing for something more in just day to day life and the ups and downs and a longing, I think, is in everybody's heart, as humans for a higher power or some sort of sense of what's going on because nobody really knows. That's what that song's about."