ðə tˈaɪɾəl ʌvðə sˈɔŋ ɪz tˈeɪkən fɹʌm mˈɑːɹkəs æntˈoʊnɪəsᵻz spˈiːtʃ wˌaɪl ɐdɹˈɛsɪŋ ðə kɹˈaʊd ʌv ɹˈoʊmənz ˈæftɚ sˈiːzɚz mˈɜːdɚ ˈækt θɹˈiː, sˈiːn tˈuː, "ðə fˈoːɹəm"ɪn wˈɪljəm ʃˈeɪkspɪɹz dʒˈuːlɪəs sˈiːzɚ: "ðɪ ˈiːvəl ðæt mˈɛn dˈuː lˈɪvz ˈæftɚ ðˌɛm; ðə ɡˈʊd ɪz ˈɔft ɪntˈɜːd wɪð ðɛɹ bˈoʊnz."
The title of the song is taken from Marcus Antonius's speech while addressing the crowd of Romans after Caesar's murder (Act 3, scene 2, "The Forum") in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones."