i've never read the interviews so i don't know what the intent was, but i have always taken the song as being told from two points of view -- one where a person is confused about the meaning of family, possibly because s/he doesn't feel like his/her family really cares or accepts him/her, and the other perspective is of the friend who is basically saying, we're not going to give up on you, we all love you whether they do or not, and you always have us as a 'family.'
:)
anyway i'm not saying that this is the meaning of the song at all but that's how i take it, in any case.
i've never read the interviews so i don't know what the intent was, but i have always taken the song as being told from two points of view -- one where a person is confused about the meaning of family, possibly because s/he doesn't feel like his/her family really cares or accepts him/her, and the other perspective is of the friend who is basically saying, we're not going to give up on you, we all love you whether they do or not, and you always have us as a 'family.'
:)
anyway i'm not saying that this is the meaning of the song at all but that's how i take it, in any case.