Costume Party

Three forty five a

M

Overnight the communities population

Has gone from approximately 9000to 16000

I'm sure barely any of us have slept tonight

We're hopeful that our visitors will be back in the air come morning

I woke up from this dream

Which I can't quite remember

But there was this music in it that I'd heard somewhere before

I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in some backwater canadian town

And that my air mattress deflated

I woke up to the smell of freshly baked bread

Four a

M

In newfoundland is breakfast time in germany

And we got a lot of passengers here from frankfurt

So breakfast starts at four a

M

And we start scrambling eggs

Poached eggs

Scrambled eggs

Omelettes

Fried baloney

Something called toutons

I saw a casserole dish I don't think I could lift

They made enough food to feed 7000people

It's like they never slept

There's this one man from the middle east

Well

We don't really know hasn't said a word to a soul

And some of the other passengers seem a bit wary of him

So it's a little odd to find him poking around the kitchen

Oh

Hello

Hello

Can I help you with something

I would like to be of assistance with the food

Oh no

That's not necessary

Really

You go out there and sit down

I've been going all night but I can't stop

None of us can

I splash some cold water on my face and just keep going

We've got 7000scared and angry people who don't want to be here

And they're about to wake up

In a crowded room

Filled with strangers sleeping

An airplane blanket

And pillow on the floor

The sun comes streamin'

Through the window

And I can't sleep anymore

Staring at these strangers

Waking up around me

Sitting in a crowd of people

Waiting for the phone

And in a town that suddenly doubled population

I feel so alone

It's like any of us could have died on Tuesday

And that we're dared to see things differently today

I'm feeling different

Just seems

Strange

Who are these people here

Where am I

No one knows me here

Who am I if I don't feel like the me from yesterday

I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping on the floor

And I see diane and ask

Are we leaving

Any time now

Is your hair different

I mean you look good

I like it

Ah thank you

No shampoo for three days

They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs them

I haven't changed my clothes in thirty nine hours

I wanted to burn my socks

Kevin puts on this plaid thing

He says he's incognito and that he's going to blend in with the natives

But he just looks like a gay lumberjack

Changing into another woman's donated set of clothes

Looking different

Feeling kinda different too

I can't quite explain

But when I woke

When david wasn't on that plane

It's like I changed into somebody else

But who

And it's somehow like we're at a costume party

And for a second you are not yourself

You are not yourself

And you look around

And blink your eyes

And barely even recognize

The person in the mirror who's turned into someone else

Hey little sister

Yeah still here where they eat rainbows for breakfast

Are you taking care of mom

No

I just wish I was home

No

Not l

A

Brooklyn

Shut up

You're such a brat

No

I just needed to hear your voice

Excuse me

Are you hannah

Yeah

That's me

My name's beulah

Someone told me your son's a firefighter

Yeah

Mine is too

Here in town

And I know

Gander's not new york

But is there anything I can do

No

I just need to hear from my son

I understand

Prayin' for a phone call

Praying for a way home

Asking questions

Asking can I get back on that god forsaken plane

And all around me people chat

And people snack

Like nothing's happened

And I need to hear we're going back before I go insane

Good morning

I'm captain bass

I've just heard from the airline

Now

I know this is gonna be hard to hear

But the american airspace remains closed

I can't tell you how long we'll be on the ground

But we are gonna be here for some time

Here for some time

Here for some time

Here for too long

Here for how long

When will we know

When will we know

How much longer

Beulah

Wait

Can you help me find a catholic church

I can't sit here

I need to get some air

Let's go see where we are

The sun's out it'll do you good

Seriously

You know what

Go get lost in the woods

I'm gonna be ready when we leave

And it's somehow like we're stuck here at a messed up costume party

And there's nothing here for millions

Far away from those you care for

On an isolated island in between

There and here

There and here