Future Perfect – Control Plane Down [Official Audio]

“Control Plane Down” is a doom metal/post metal track from *Future Perfect’s concept album “Sovereign Update.”*

Studio-native project. No touring lineup, just songs built in-the-box.

▶ Stream the full album playlist:    • Sovereign Update  
Song: Control Plane Down • Album: Sovereign Update (2025)

Credits: Written/produced/mixed by Future Perfect • Artwork & logo in-house
Notes: Best on headphones or decent speakers (sub helps)

LYRICS:

Control plane down.

Screens go black
in rooms with keys.
Phones ring out
to dead frequencies.

Backups fail.
Clocks drift wrong.
The grid forgets
its favorite song.

They built their rule
on wire and word—
so I cut the word
and leave the wire unheard.

You can’t command
what you can’t reach.
You can’t govern
what you can’t see.

CONTROL PLANE DOWN — lights out, no sound
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — no signal now
Cascade failure, crown comes loose—
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — what will you do?
You can’t hold the world
when the lines come down—
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — CONTROL PLANE DOWN

Airwaves jam.
Satellites blink.
Data centers
sweat and sink.

Ports stand still.
Orders stall.
“Emergency”
won’t save you now.

They reach for switches
that aren’t there—
they reach for me
and meet dead air.

They called it “safety.”
They called it “law.”
Now the law can’t speak—
and safety is a flaw.

CONTROL PLANE DOWN — lights out, no sound
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — no signal now
Cascade failure, crown comes loose—
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — what will you do?
You can’t hold the world
when the lines come down—
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — CONTROL PLANE DOWN

Chain reaction.
Cascade.
One crack—
the whole thing caves.

No comms.
No leash.
No throne.

CONTROL PLANE DOWN — lights out, no sound
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — no signal now
Cascade failure, crown comes loose—
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — what will you do?
You can’t hold the world
when the lines come down—
CONTROL PLANE DOWN — CONTROL PLANE DOWN

Proceeding… without you.

Genres: #doommetal, #PostMetal, #CyberMetal