Maligned Lyrics

To this fate I found myself resigned:
To live in fear of losing all I love
In this body forever malign’d
No sufficient virtues can be proved

I suspect my worthiness lies in despair
And in this agony I’ll be redeemed
Familiar this fierce heat that I now bear
Yet of these pangs I cannot be relieved

And so I wrack my mind in constant harm
And so upon myself I inflict pain
To expunge my aching conscience and disarm
The waggings of those vile tongues insane

Though as a constant flagellant I wend
It seems to me the shame will never end