How can I put text on top of an image, like a text box in HTML and CSS?

[PsycCute]

<div style="overflow:auto; background-image:url('IMAGEURL'); width:WIDTH; height:height;">text</div>

 

[Ivan G]

I have a large gif and I want to have text appear on it, having the gif as a background. Is that possible? I am not using this picture as a background image for the page.