Velo, City – Josh Montague [feat. Vitrae]

(First Studio Song Featuring Female Vocals)

Velo, City is a track wrapped in a strange stillness—an eerie, almost cinematic quiet that sits just beneath its melody. The lyrics center around “the distant silence” and “nothing’s put to bed”, evoking that uneasy feeling when wrongs are left unspoken, injustices are brushed aside, and truths go unacknowledged.

This is the first of my songs to feature a female vocalist, and her delivery amplifies the track’s haunting atmosphere—mysterious yet deliberate, weaving subtle urgency through the stillness. The song’s tone suggests more than it states, hinting at accountability and trust as values that are too often sacrificed for comfort or convenience.

The imagery of “locking the door and barring the latch” paints the picture of both protection and concealment—a duality mirrored in cities everywhere. Behind the walls and systems meant to uphold rights, shadows still grow. Velo, City plays with this irony—structures meant to defend you, me, all of us—while injustices persist in plain sight.

Highlighted Lyrics:

the distant silence
nothings said
the distant silence
nothings put to bed

lock the door and bar the latch
lock the door and set the catch
lock the door and bar the latch
but, something is, about, to hatch

velocity
reciprocity
is like a friend to be
from yours to me

from ta’s to ta’s*
from ta’s* to tu
from 2 to ti
from me to you

the distant silence
nothings said
the distant silence
nothings put to bed

the distant silence
nothings said
the distant silence
nothings put to bed

and so, you will go

In its title, Velo hints at both speed and a veil—something moving quickly, yet hidden from view. City grounds it in a place where these patterns are most evident: the dense, layered environments where silence and noise coexist, and where what is seen is not always what is true.

This song is a quiet confrontation—a reminder that the things people choose to ignore often speak the loudest. And when “nothing is put to bed,” the unrest remains.

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