

Song · Nine Hours Behind
Dance With Me in Candlelight
“Dance With Me in Candlelight” is track 22 on Rob Matare's Afro-Pop & Amapiano album Nine Hours Behind, released October 9, 2026. Afro-pop for love across time zones: a long-distance choir, a phone torch, and "Ngibonise Okwakho" for the dance floor.
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“Dance With Me in Candlelight” lyrics
Dance with me in candlelight
You came over with a bottle and a smile
Said you only wanna stay a little while
Now the hours doing what the hours do
And the only thing I'm watching is you
Put a candle on the table and the floor
Put a little one by the door
Every flicker got your face in gold
Every move you make, I'm getting told
Turn the big lights off
Put the phone away
Turn the music up
Let the shadows play
Dance with me in candlelight
Slow it down, it's just us tonight
Wind it, wind it, left and right
Dance with me in candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Hands on my waist, I don't mind
Take your time, take your time
Neighbors knocking, let 'em knock
Let the candle burn, forget the clock
You can't dance, that's cute, I'll lead
Follow me, follow me
Every step a little bit slow
Every step and I don't let go
Turn the big lights off
Put the phone away
Turn the music up
Let the shadows play
Dance with me in candlelight
Slow it down, it's just us tonight
Wind it, wind it, left and right
Dance with me in candlelight
Blow it out, light it up
Blow it out, light it up
Blow it out, light it up
Blow it out, light it up
Blow it out, light it up
Blow it out, light it up
Dance with me in candlelight
Slow it down, it's just us tonight
Wind it, wind it, left and right
Dance with me in candlelight
(Candlelight)
Mm, candlelight
(Candlelight)
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Nine Hours Behind
- 1Long Distance Choir3:42
- 2Baba, Ngivulele3:58
- 3Vala Ikhethini3:36
- 4Ngibonise Okwakho3:39
- 5She Never Left4:49
- 6Siyajabula Today3:12
- 7Fire in the River4:14
- 8Phone Torch2:38
- 9Closer Than the Map3:06
- 10Before I Speak4:36
- 11Last Train to Diepkloof4:42
- 12Yima Nami4:20
- 13The Smoking Area3:26
- 14Coastline on My Palm3:11
- 15Off Duty, On the Floor3:38
- 16Every Wall Remembers3:17
- 17Nine Hours Behind3:37
- 18Daughter, Watch How He Loves4:33
- 19The Morning Is Mine3:20
- 20Bheka Ekhukhwini3:14
- 21Amagama Akhona3:50
- 23Phambili2:07
- 24Sauti Yako Usiku4:53