Pretty much every song I ' ve written is negative or nothappy in some way . I ' m okay with that . That ' s the kind of music I tend to like , and I just don ' t see the point in writing songs when I ' m in a good mood because writing is cathartic . Most happy songs just feel disingenuous , and I can ' t stand it . That said , yeah of course I see some value in trying to write happy songs because , speaking from experience , even the most supportive friends are bound to ask jesus fuck are you suicidal ? after you show them what you ' ve been working on . It ' s definitely gonna be hard to break out of the habit , and I ' ve really only recently tried my hand at happy tunes . Easy starting points are I IV V I and I V vi IV , and maybe play those kinda skalike if you want to really shove a sense of happy into the song .