(guitar notes play) - [Eli] Okay, all set?

- Yeah.

(guitar notes play) (upbeat bluegrass music) - Eli, please.

- [Eli] Oh, fine.

Okay.

(Matt laughs) - Up, up.

(gentle guitar music) Eli, go ahead and roll.

- Rolling.

- My name is Matt Tyner, and this is my song, "The Melancholy Song."

(gentle guitar music) (gentle guitar music continues) ♪ Well, you're walking around ♪ ♪ That cold in your eyes cut so deep ♪ ♪ I didn't recognize ♪ ♪ Just waiting for that look in somebody's eyes ♪ ♪ And now you're stealing hearts ♪ ♪ Just like you're stealing gold ♪ ♪ 'Til everything you got has been bought and sold ♪ ♪ The path you're choosing is much too cold ♪ ♪ Until the things that you love ♪ ♪ You find you hate now the most ♪ ♪ And all your friends are just like some unholy ghost ♪ ♪ And wait for that feeling, just like brand new ♪ ♪ Well, that lover's kiss, the things that she do ♪ ♪ Find another way to rationalize ♪ ♪ All those wasted days and all your lies ♪ ♪ Waiting for the end of lonely days ♪ (gentle guitar music continues) (gentle guitar music continues) ♪ And you only like the day ♪ ♪ When it becomes the end of your night ♪ ♪ Always ready to move ♪ ♪ You're always so ready to fight ♪ ♪ But when you're drunk ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody there to give you a ride ♪ ♪ She wait for some blow-back ♪ ♪ Not like a cool breeze ♪ ♪ You're such a fool now ♪ ♪ Can't see the forest through the trees ♪ ♪ Oh, waiting for the end ♪ ♪ Of a lonely day ♪ ♪ Until the things that you love ♪ ♪ You find you hate now the most ♪ ♪ And all your friends are just like some unholy ghost ♪ ♪ Wait for that feeling, just like brand new ♪ ♪ Well, that lover's kiss, the things that she do ♪ ♪ Find another way to rationalize ♪ ♪ All those wasted days and your lies ♪ ♪ Waiting for the end ♪ ♪ Of lonely days ♪ ♪ Waiting for the end ♪ ♪ Of lonely days ♪ (gentle guitar music continues) (gentle guitar music continues) (no audio) "The Melancholy Song," it's basically about depression and feeling melancholy and just kind of cruising through your days.

♪ Find another way to rationalize ♪ ♪ All those wasted days and your lies ♪ ♪ Waiting for the end ♪ ♪ Of lonely days ♪ And my mom was a piano player, and so she kind of got me involved in music at an early age too, and when I played that song for her the first time, she was really kind of blown away, 'cause it was an honest song, and it gave her insight to my life and the things that I was going through.

♪ Wait for that feeling, just like brand new ♪ ♪ Well, that lover's kiss, the things that she do ♪ It makes me feel proud that people enjoy it.

It makes me feel good about myself, that I can get those things off my chest and be honest, because like I said before, you know, making an honest living, having integrity, and doing the things that I do, my mom, I carry her inside me in just about everything I do, so it makes me proud and I know it makes her proud.

♪ Waiting for the end ♪ ♪ Of lonely days ♪ (gentle guitar music) (gentle guitar music continues) (no audio)