Ignore stems

[Simon Albrecht]

Hello everybody,

I want to try having Lyrics placed without regard for any stems in the 
adjacent staff (and then using whiteout to remedy the clash, of course). 
The below approach doesn’t work. Why? Can I make it work?

Best, Simon

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.23.6"

\layout {
  \context {
    \Lyrics
    \override LyricText.show-vertical-skylines = ##t
    \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing = 
#'((padding . 0.2))
  }
  \context {
    \Voice
    \override Stem.show-vertical-skylines = ##t
    \override Stem.vertical-skylines = #'()
  }
}

<<
  { b'4 }
  \addlyrics { M }
  { a'4 }
  \addlyrics { M }
>>

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