--- /dev/null
+\version "2.13.39"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "Spacing rules between Staves coexist with rules affecting
+non-staff lines. Here, the @code{padding} separating items on different
+staves is larger than the @code{padding} for associated lyrics."
+}
+
+<<
+ \new Staff { c''2 c }
+ \addlyrics { high \skip2 }
+ \new Staff = "bass" \new Voice = "b" { \clef bass c2 c' }
+ \new Lyrics \with {
+ alignAboveContext = "bass"
+ } \lyricsto "b" \lyricmode { bass \skip2 }
+>>
+\layout {
+ \context {
+ \Lyrics
+ \override VerticalAxisGroup #'nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing = #'((padding . 0.2))
+ } \context {
+ \Staff
+ \override VerticalAxisGroup #'default-staff-staff-spacing = #'((padding . 4))
+ }
+}