Thanks to Anthony and Casper for translating the background info!
Background information about the song:
We tend to be in agreement on which songs are good enough to wager on, we are quite compatible like that, but there was a bit of disagreement about this one. Some felt that the "doomsday country" quota had been filled up with Hevnervals from Evig Pint, while others thought it was an up-tempo breath of fresh air that there absolutely was room for on Maestro. As we know, the benefit of the doubt was never given to the innocent this time, and "Medisin & Psykiatri" remained unrecorded.
It has been performed live a number of times, and on the last round we did it, fall 2008, we had worked out a new and improved arrangement with the solo theme as a pompous intro. We felt that elevated the song and made it ripe for a proper recording.
Vicente is the protagonist in these lyrics, the same man who in "På ditt skift" manages to escape from Dieter Meyer's Inst. Vicente is not sick in ways other than being rebellious, and in "Medisin & Psykiatri" he plans what he later succeeds in on "På ditt skift", namely to be the first to run away from DMI, and on the boss's shift at that.
The story of Vicente continues on the Maestro song "Delikatessen" where he, as a free man, describes Delikatessen as the worst ward in DMI. Additionally, it is documents from here that he is later stopped with on the way to Poland in the song "Die Polizei".
Medisin & psykiatri | Medicine & psychiatry |
| Morgen kommer til en heilt ny dag | It's the morning of a brand new day |
| Du med dine spørsmål og meg med mine svar | You with your questions and I with my answers |
| Gi meg medisin, gi meg psykiatri | Give me medicine, give me psychiatry |
| Eg gir deg ingenting annet enn mi tid | I don't give you anything but my time |
| Morgen kommer til en heilt ny dag | It's the morning of a brand new day |
| Til mitt besvær og til ditt behag | With my discomfort and your pleasure |
| Du ser på meg og trekker din konklusjon | You look at me and draw your conclusion |
| Og i Dieter Meyers navn... | And in Dieter Meyer's name ... |
| Du trekker din konklusjon i Dieter Meyers navn | You draw your conclusion in Dieter Meyer's name |
| De kler meg av, de kler meg av, de kler meg av | They undress me, they undress me, they undress me |
| De gir meg spørsmål og eg gir deg svar | They ask me questions and I give you answers |
| Men eg har tenkt, og eg har tenkt og eg har tenkt | But I've been thinking, and I've been thinking and thinking |
| Dette her er min dag. Nå stikker eg av | This is my day. Now I run |
| For eg vil ut, for eg vil ut, for eg vil ut | Because I want to get out, I want to get out, want to get out |
| De tok meg inn men det er kun for eg blei lurt | They admitted me, but only because I was fooled |
| Her kommer eg til å blø, til å blø til eg dør | I will be bleeding here, bleeding until I die |
| Nå stikker eg av på ditt skift, herr Direktør | Now I will run away during your shift, Mr. director |
| Morgen kommer til en heilt ny dag | It's the morning of a brand new day |
| Ikkje et sekund lenger. Såpass er klart | Not one second longer. That's for sure |
| Aldri om eg ligger her den dagen eg skal dø | No way that I'll be lying here on the day that I die |
| Nå stikker eg av på ditt skift, herr Direktør | Now I will run away during your shift, Mr. director |