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Evpok
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"Vouloir de quelque chose" ?

In the song Ce Jeu by Yelle, one line goes "Je ne veux pas d'un amour sans faille," which I understand to mean "I don't want a flawless love." However, the vouloir de is confusing to me. I've never seen that with a noun before.

Why isn't it simply "Je ne veux pas un amour sans faille"? Why is de needed here?

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