Darkness And Trees
'Come From Away' Company Lyrics

We can see them from the plane
As we land, we can see a long queue of cars with their headlights on trying to navigate through the darkness.

This long line of headlights coming through the darkness
The airport is illuminated with the lights of several cars driving on the road.

Off of the airplane
Once the plane has landed and come to a stop at the airport.

Ladies and gentlemen, you can take only your carry-on items
Passengers are notified that they cannot carry any checked luggage with them; all such baggage will remain in the hold.

Any checked luggage will remain in the hold
Passengers are informed that they cannot take any checked luggage with them into the airport.

Into the airport
As the passengers move from the plane to the airport terminal.

The captain and flight attendants tell everyone
All passengers are notified by the captain and flight attendants.

To take the blankets and pillows off the plane
Passengers are instructed to take any blankets and pillows with them.

Out of the windows
As the passengers peer through the windows of the airport terminal.

We grab bottles of water too
Passengers also collect water bottles from the plane.

No one has any idea where they′re taking us
Passengers are unsure about their destination or what to expect next.

Darkness and trees
The surrounding area outside the airport is pitch black, with hardly any light.

There′s a giant map on the wall of the airport and
Inside the airport, there is a massive map hanging on the wall.

Someone has written in red marker, "You are here."
Someone has marked the current location of the airport on the map with a red marker.

Excuse me. I need to find a phone. I need to call my son
A passenger is looking for a phone to call his son.

I′m sorry, the payphones are out of order
Unfortunately, the payphones at the airport are not working.

They're all lined up at the airport payphones
Several passengers have lined up at the airport payphones to call their loved ones.

So eventually we put an "Out of Order" sign on them
To keep the passengers moving, an 'Out of Order' sign is placed on the malfunctioning phones.

Just so we can get people on the buses
The airport staff puts up the 'Out of Order' sign just to get people on the buses and out of the airport.

11: 48 pm. Buses and driver are not taking passengers to shelters, not just in Gander
Buses and drivers are ferrying people not only to Gander but to other communities like Gambo, Lewisporte, Norris Arm, and Glenwood.

Our bus sits there forever
The passengers on one bus are made to wait on it for an extended period of time.

While all the others leave
Other buses depart but this particular one is delayed.

Finally, this other passenger gets on
Another passenger joins the bus after a long wait.

This guy from the Middle East
The new passenger who joins the bus is of Middle Eastern descent.

Someone says he got questioned
Rumors abound among the passengers about this new passenger, suggesting that he was questioned.

Some says he got searched
Others say that the Middle Eastern passenger was searched before getting onto the bus.

And now, he′s on our bus
Despite the rumors, the Middle Eastern passenger has boarded the bus with everyone else.

I try to interview the Red Cross, the Salvation Army
A passenger attempts to interview representatives from the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

But they've got more important things to do than talk to me
However, the representatives are too busy with other tasks to talk to the passenger.

That′s when I see them, the Plane People, through the bus windows
The passenger sees other passengers from the same flight through the window of the bus.

The terror on their faces
Those other passengers have looks of fear and dread on their faces.

They have no idea where they're going
The passengers are unsure of their final destination.

They take me and my crew in a separate van and I′m looking out the window
The passenger and his crew are transferred to a separate van, and he tries to peer out the window to see where they are going.

Trying to see where we are, but it's pitch dark
The surrounding area is so dark that the passenger is unable to make out his location.

I've flown over this area hundreds and hundreds of times
The passenger is a seasoned pilot who has flown over the area dozens of times before.

And it′s just darkness, hardly and lights anywhere
Despite being familiar with the area, the utter darkness outside the van makes it tough to locate his current position.

And now here I am, oh my god, this is just so remote
The remoteness of the location becomes starkly apparent to the passenger, adding to his unease.

Stars and the moonlight
The only light in the area comes from the stars and the moon.

But all around us
Despite the natural light, everything appears dark and desolate.

Nothing but darkness
The passenger is only surrounded by an all-encompassing, pitch-black darkness.

Every school bus we got is goin′ back and forth all night
A fleet of school buses transports passengers throughout the night.

Out to the Salvation Army Camp, we've delivered passengers from Germany, England, and France
The buses deliver passengers from various places, such as Germany, England, and France, to the Salvation Army Camp.

And around three in the morning, my bus is designed to take all these African people out there
One of the buses ferries African passengers to another location around three in the morning.

My family and I try to see out the bus windows
The passenger and his family are also trying to look out the bus windows.

No one tells us where we are going
Despite asking around, nobody gives the passenger and his family any information on their destination.

Onto a gravel road
The bus turns onto a gravel road.

Silence comes on the bus
All the passengers on the bus fall into an uneasy silence.

We get outside of Gander and you could hear a pin drop
As the bus reaches the outskirts of Gander, the surroundings become eerily quiet.

My wife and daughter are scared
The passenger's family is becoming increasingly anxious.

They ask me what is happening and I do not know
The passenger is unable to provide any answers to his family's concerns.

Behind me, this big man comes up to me and he says in this low voice
Suddenly, a large man approaches the passenger from behind and speaks to him in a low voice.

What′s that, now?
The large man asks the passenger what is happening now, likely referring to their current situation and destination.