Earn Your Turns

Earn Your Turns by Everwild Collective

Backstory: This song is about the value of effort. When you work for something, it changes the way you experience it. The turns mean more, the moments hit deeper. You don’t just get the reward… you become someone along the way.

Lyrics:

Skins stickin’, coffee barely hit
Headlamp crooked, zipper won’t zip
Somebody’s late, somebody forgot
The thing they swear they definitely brought
First step’s tough, second one too
Third one’s fine, then you’re in the groove
No lifts here, no helis, no cats
Just pines and snow, vert and flats

Ain’t nobody rushin’
Ain’t nobody right
Just pointin’ uphill
And movin’ light

You gotta earn your turns – that’s the deal
No cheat codes, just how it feels
Step by step, slow burn
Funny how life works – you gotta earn your turns
No shortcuts up, no easy wins
You pay it in strides, you get it in grins
Yeah, the run hits different when you’ve learned
You gotta earn your turns

Skins glide weird, knees complain
Somebody says, “Man, I’m outta shape"
Another laughs, “Yeah, me too”
But we’re still movin’, so that’ll do
Track gets steep, pace comes down
Egos kinda melt into the ground

You can fight the climb
Or just let it be
Mountain don’t care
Who you thought you’d be

You gotta earn your turns – breath by breath
Learn real quick what matters less
Plans fall apart, routes get burned
Still funny how the lesson’s earned
No gold stars, no one claps
Just a clean line and a good old laugh
Yeah, the snow don’t lie – you learn
You gotta earn your turns

Weather shifts, someone checks the slope
Beacon flashin’ – yeah, still hope
Route gets changed, summit’s gone
Nobody mad, we carry on
Funny thing ’bout headin’ back
Still feels good when the crew’s intact
Turns never wasted, not one bit
Even when the day ain’t a record hit

Ain’t about strong
Ain’t about tough
Just showin’ up
Again – enough

You gotta earn your turns – one at a time
Some days it clicks, some days you question why
No summit plaque, no famous win
Just what you get for stayin’ in
Life ain’t fair and it sure ain’t neat
But it keeps receipts on the work you keep up
Life don’t spot you, life don’t bluff
But it matches your effort near enough
When the hype burns off and the truth returns
You gotta earn your turns

You gotta earn your turns
You gotta earn your turns
You gotta earn your turns
You gotta earn your turns