“I wish that I could be like, wear clean clothes, talk properly like”
Mickey wants to be just like Eddie, ironic because he easily could’ve lived Eddie’s life.
“Do you wanna be my blood brother Eddie?”
Mickey is quickly drawn to Eddie, they’re already speeding towards their impending doom.
“That was just kid’s stuff, Eddie”
Mickey had to grow up and mature while Eddie still got to experience his youth.
‘Treats his ills with daily pills just like Marilyn Monroe”
Mickey has mentally deteriorated after prison, reminds us that it can happen to anyone.
“How come you got everything an’ I got nothin”
Mickey never had the opportunities that Eddie got and hates him for it.
Shows the automatic disadvantage when you didn’t grow up privileged.