[Verse 1]
The world's gonna tell you
Look out for yourself
'Cause you're walking it all alone
Take a pill for your illness
Love's co-dependant
That ain't the way it should go
It should be late night calls
Honey it's gonna get better
You can be a mess
'Cause we've been through hell together, oh together
Puts a heart on the mend
Brings a life back again
There to the very end
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
I know a cure that's simple and pure
And can never be overdosed
It starts with a laugh
And I got your back
And you're there when I need you most
It should be late night calls
Honey it's gonna get better
You can be a mess
'Cause we've been through hell together, oh together
Puts a heart on a mend
Brings a life back again
There to the very end
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
Prays over you, fights off the enemy
Tells you the truth, like a good remedy
Straight as an arrow, points you to Jesus
Just showing up, didn't know that you needed it
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
It should be late night calls
Honey it's gonna get better
Oh, you can be a mess
'Cause we've been through hell together, oh together
Puts your heart on a mend
Brings a life back again
There to the very end
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
Good friends, good medicine
Good Friends
Song Meaning
Point of Grace pushes back against a specific cultural message in "Good Friends" — "the world's gonna tell you look out for yourself, 'cause you're walking it all alone... love's co-dependent, that ain't the way it should go." The song treats isolation dressed up as self-sufficiency as the actual problem, not the solution it's often sold as.
"It should be late night calls... you can be a mess, 'cause we've been through hell together" replaces that isolation with something specific and durable rather than vague community — friendship able to withstand a person's worst moments, not just their best ones. "A cure that's simple and pure, and can never be overdosed" keeps the tone light without undercutting how seriously the song takes real companionship.
The bridge names the actual purpose behind the friendship rather than leaving it as mutual comfort alone — "straight as an arrow, points you to Jesus... just showing up, didn't know that you needed it" — treating showing up itself as a form of ministry that doesn't require an explanation to work.