Discover the story of the song > Franklin’s Tower – Grateful Dead

The song talks about a place called Franklin's Tower where four winds blow and a bell that can ring to either help or guide people. The protagonist sings about how this tower has seeds of wildflowers which are carried by the wind and hopes that the wind will safely take them home. He warns people to roll away the dew and plant ice if they want the wind to calm down. In the end, he hopes that the four winds will blow people home again.