”‎”Holocene” is a bar in Portland, Ore., Vernon says. It’s also the name of a geological era or epoch.

“‘Once I knew I was not magnificent,’” he says, quoting a line from the song. “Our lives feel like these epochs, but really we are dust in the wind. I think there’s significance in that insignificance.

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(Source: NPR)