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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