I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous Lyrics

Lyric discussion by philtr 

Cover art for I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous lyrics by Frank Turner

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot is about a man who has inner desires but does not act on them. He continues to live his mundane life and doesn't do the things he really wants to do. And he grows old, and continues to be mundane and reminisce about lost opportunities.