What's the nuance behind using を要らない as opposed to が要らない?


I was reading the lyrics of a
[song](http://www.kget.jp/lyric/67777/ON+MY+OWN_%E6%96%B0%E5%A6%BB%E8%81%96%E5%AD%90)
and found the following line:

> あの人あたしをいらない

From the [original English song](https://genius.com/Claude-michel-schonberg-
on-my-own-lyrics), I can tell that the meaning is that "that person no longer
needs me", but why does it use を when 要る is an intransitive verb? Is there a
nuance difference?




Words like 好き, 嫌い, 欲しい, ～たい and 要る occasionally take を, especially in
complicated sentences, but it's hard to give a clear rule, and the level of
acceptance may vary from person to person. One theory is "nominative object".
Please see Darius Jahandarie's answer and snailboat's comment here: [Usage of
～を好き outside of embedded
clauses](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/26005/5010)

That said, 要る is very rarely used with を. This あたしをいらない is comprehensible, but
sounds unnatural to me. In general, ～を要る should always be avoided in a simple
sentence like this.

～を要る tends to be tolerated in a [`～を～と + verb`
construction](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/55169/5010) (e.g.,
このパソコンを要ると思う人は連絡してください). BCCWJ also has one (and only one) example of ～を + 要る
+ と + verb.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NplEa.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NplEa.png)

I can also find other examples like お金を要るようになった and 心配を要らずに on the net, but I
would say ～が要るようになった is almost always safer.




Words like 好き, 嫌い, 欲しい, ～たい and 要る occasionally take を, especially in
complicated sentences, but it's hard to give a clear rule, and the level of
acceptance may vary from person to person. One theory is "nominative object".
Please see Darius Jahandarie's answer and snailboat's comment here: [Usage of
～を好き outside of embedded
clauses](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/26005/5010)

That said, 要る is very rarely used with を. This あたしをいらない is comprehensible, but
sounds unnatural to me. In general, ～を要る should always be avoided in a simple
sentence like this.

～を要る tends to be tolerated in a [`～を～と + verb`
construction](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/55169/5010) (e.g.,
このパソコンを要ると思う人は連絡してください). BCCWJ also has one (and only one) example of ～を + 要る
+ と + verb.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NplEa.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NplEa.png)

I can also find other examples like お金を要るようになった and 心配を要らずに on the net, but I
would say ～が要るようになった is almost always safer.

