“Animal View” by The World Tree is a song born on the winding waters of the Amazon, crafted on a solar-powered boat drifting beneath the jungle canopy. Inspired by a rare vision shown by native people—the jaguar, the fiercest predator of the forest, pausing his hunt to consume Yagé and drift into a trance—the song becomes the soundtrack to his awakening.

The piece opens with the raw pulse of the jungle itself: real recordings of frogs, birds, and the relentless rhythm of life, layered into a hypnotic, driving bass and drum heartbeat. As the jaguar wanders through the shadows, seeking answers, he ingests the sacred vine and slips into a kaleidoscopic dream. In this altered state, he witnesses the unraveling of his world—trees felled, fires burning, his kin disappearing. The chaos of man’s destruction hums beneath the symphony of the forest.

At the height of his vision, the heavens shimmer open, revealing Kulkulkan, the Feathered Serpent, descending in a blaze of color. The god lifts the jaguar’s spirit beyond time, offering a glimpse of the grand design—a plan the jaguar cannot fully comprehend but is told not to fear. Still, the jaguar wrestles with the sorrow of witnessing a paradise devoured.

Returning to his body, he resumes his silent role as guardian of the jungle, forever marked by the knowledge of what he has seen.

A meditation on nature, consciousness, and the unseen forces threading through all life, Animal View invites listeners into a hallucinatory world where predator becomes prophet, and the jungle itself sings of creation and collapse.