should lose vs. lost

[Noelia]

This is a hard one, because even I don't know how to explain what I feel about it.

There's a song that goes " How could I face the faceless days if I should lose you know"

And I was wondering what's the difference between "if I should lose you" and "If I lost you"


Sometimes, when I listen to the song, for a very short moment, very faintly I can feel some sort of "less probability" with "should lose" than with the other one, but then, I think of "if I lost you" and I lose that train of thought, it's really hard.

Any thoughts on this?

[johnr]

mmmmm, me cuesta mucho pensar en una respuesta. Realmente no creo que haya una diferencia en sentido entre los dos, pero creo que 'should' suena más romántico y quizás por eso hayan usado esa forma.

[Noelia]

well that makes sense.... it does sound more romantic saying "should lose" than the tragical "if I lost you". Thanks a lot!