Setting lyrics to an invisible note?

[Geoff Horton]

Working with reciting tones again....

Say I've got a line of text like this:

The first words; now the second words

I want the words all sung on the same pitch, and I want it shown only
once, with the first words. But the harmonies change on the word
"now", so I need a second, invisible, melodic note for them to align
to. Is there an easy way to do this?

Geoff