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Porcupine Tree – Flicker (2009) | Track profile | Dork

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Porcupine Tree
The Incident
Flicker

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Flicker

Release date: 14th September 2009

From The Incident

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"Flicker" is a track by Porcupine Tree, from the album The Incident, released 14th September 2009. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Flicker

[Chorus]

Nothing is new here underneath the sun

All of the big new charlatans will stare at us

Merely a flicker of the light to come

Only the people who always think they know best

[Post-Chorus]

(Ba-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

(Ba-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

(Ba-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

(Ba-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Nothing is new here underneath the sun

All of the big new charlatans will stare at us

Merely a flicker of the light to come

Only the people who always think they know best

[Post-Chorus]

(La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

(La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

(La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

(La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

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Track details

From The Incident

2009

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2009

—The Blind House
—Flicker
—Degree Zero of Liberty
—Great Expectations
—Occam's Razor
—Octane Twisted
—The Séance
—The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train
—Your Unpleasant Family
—Remember Me Lover
—Kneel and Disconnect
—Black Dahlia
—Drawing the Line
—The Incident
—I Drive the Hearse

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Writer: Steven Wilson
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