An Extinction Burst is based in behavioral psychology and means to try harder to get positive enforcement from something that once gave it but no longer does. The line
"He ran like a bastard
And jumped like an ape
He left the crowd cheering
His one final
Extinction burst"
is referring to the runners last high before being unable to attain the rush he once got from his sport. Same would work for Randy Johnson and Takeru Kobayashi.
Also makes the line
"Today is going to be the greatest day of your life
In the face of all that you disdain you will burn so bright"
An Extinction Burst is based in behavioral psychology and means to try harder to get positive enforcement from something that once gave it but no longer does. The line
"He ran like a bastard And jumped like an ape He left the crowd cheering His one final
Extinction burst"
is referring to the runners last high before being unable to attain the rush he once got from his sport. Same would work for Randy Johnson and Takeru Kobayashi.
Also makes the line
"Today is going to be the greatest day of your life In the face of all that you disdain you will burn so bright"
make more sense.