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)