Number 10

This raw and gritty song finds Paul Banks relating a tension-filled love story between a domineering boss lady named Ella and her employee. The Interpol frontman recounts their unconsummated desire for each other from the employee's perspective. Your secret's safe here, it'll never leave It's in the basement for ya, na'mean? Won't seek replacements, my ballerina There's many faces in my gallery The pair are determined to keep their office romance secret.

The song title does not appear in the lyrics; it alludes to the fact that it is the tenth track on Interpol's Marauder album.

Paul Banks explained to NPR: "The lyrics are about an office drama. The narrator is tired of his supervisor, Ella breathing down his neck. She's a tough boss. But there is also a love there, a secret attraction. A mutual secret attraction. But alas, business is business and their desire is never sated. I think that feeling of frustration and desire suits the temperament of the music. The flighty intensity. Pent up lust."