Costume Party

Three forty-five a.m. Overnight the communities population has gone from approximately 9, 000 to 16, 000. 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 7, 000 people.
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 7, 000 scared 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)