[00:00.000] 作曲 : Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)[00:03.211]In the infancy of our relationship,[00:08.607]when we were almost exclusively hanging out[00:15.518]together with friends,[00:18.405]Cathy and I went to St. John's Applefest[00:26.407]It was held every fall in the parking lot of the Catholic church[00:35.295]I had attended as a youth,[00:41.742]converting the quarter-mile of parish grounds into a second-rate carnival[00:56.589]full of cheap thrills and poorly-maintained rides[01:06.116]We meandered through the crowds[01:10.592]like tourists,[01:14.027]eventually ending up at the pirate ship at the far end of the fair[01:31.433](A mechanical boat that rose into the sky,[01:39.509]then swooped back down in the other direction like a swallow diving for insects)[01:52.557]Cathy was nervous and began to fidget,[02:00.676]refusing to get in line before our friends[02:06.114]and I talked her into going[02:11.937]When the ride started,[02:13.504]any romantic idea I had of holding hands or an embrace[02:22.910]was quickly abandoned when I saw the white-knuckled grip on the safety rail[02:32.457]like she feared for her life