Re: Two stanzas, different syllable count.

[Bax]

Selyem Zoltán <sese <at> elte.hu> writes in reply to address@hidden:

> To_Ad -- vance
> 
> If you put an underscore there, it will show as a space, but the "To"
> and the "Ad" will be aligned with the same note.
> 
> I don't know if this is the correct solution (I can't find it in the
> manual), but it works.

You may also try

  To~Ad -- vance

which will create a "textual tie" between To and Ad. Documentation:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Entering-lyrics

You also may consider dotted slurs, see
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Lyrics-to-multiple-notes-of-a-melisma

HTH