The Roof

16
/October 2021

"The Roof" was written by Jay Chou when he was 15 years old. When he was in the second grade of junior high school, his parents divorced due to disagreements, and Jay Chou was raised by his mother Ye Huimei. He often sits alone outside the window at night, looking at the sky of the city, and often at his roof. Maybe he was a little lonely since he was young and wanted someone to accompany him. He wrote this feeling into his song. The original draft of the song was called "Can't Sleep in the Middle of the Night", and later he changed it to "The Roof" when he submitted the song.

Male: Can't sleep in the middle of the night

Hum your mood into a song

I had to go to the roof to find another dream

Female: Was knocked awake in sleep

I'm still not sure

How can there be a moving melody on the opposite roof

I quietly closed the door

Go up with hope

It turned out to be the person who often appeared in my dreams

Man: Isn't that the person who is vague in my dream

We have the same tacit understanding

With antenna

Female: Use antenna

Together: Arranged in the shape of loving you Oh

"Roof" Notation

Notation of "Roof" (3 photos)

Female: singing your song on the roof

Man: On the roof with someone I love

Female: Let the stars embellish

Together: the most romantic evening

Embrace this moment

Stop all this minute and one second

Man: love starts to tangled

Female: singing your song on the roof

Man: On the roof with someone I love

Female: The yellowed night offering

Together: for the loneliest month

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Embrace this moment

Stop all this minute and one second

Man: love starts to tangled

Together: Dreams are beautiful with you

Male: Can't sleep in the middle of the night

Hum your mood into a song

I had to go to the roof to find another dream

Female: Was knocked awake in sleep

I'm still not sure

How can there be a moving melody on the opposite roof

I quietly closed the door

Go up with hope

It turned out to be the person who often appeared in my dreams

Man: Isn't that the person who is vague in my dream

We have the same tacit understanding

With antenna

Female: Use antenna

Together: Arranged in the shape of loving you Oh

Female: singing your song on the roof

Man: On the roof with someone I love

Female: Let the stars embellish

Together: the most romantic evening

Embrace this moment

Stop all this minute and one second

Man: love starts to tangled

Female: singing your song on the roof

Man: On the roof with someone I love

Female: The yellowed night offering

Together: for the loneliest month

Embrace this moment

Stop all this minute and one second

Man: love starts to tangled

Together: Dreams are beautiful with you

Female: let me love who you are

Man: it's me

Female: Let you love who I am

Man: it's you

Female: how come

Together: The moving melody surrounds us both

Female: let me love who you are

Man: it's me

Female: Let you love who I am

Man: it's you

Female: So it was

He: There are beautiful encounters on this roof

"The Roof" is a typical Jay Chou-style work. It is undeniable that this song has strong Jay Chou's artistic characteristics. This is a work created for the duet singing. The arrangement of the whole song appears to be patchy, the melody is smooth and beautiful. It is no wonder whether it is the version of Wu Zongxian and Lan Wen, or the version of Jay Chou and Lan Wen, they are actually different. The period is so popular that this song is still the preferred duet golden song in everyone's mind.