Lyrics odd/even lines not sticking after changing them in properties and saving

I am working on a score and the lyric lines are listed incorrectly as odd or even, which makes the cursor jump to the wrong line when moving between syllables with the keyboard arrows. Entering text is now beyond tedious. See measures 3 and 4.

macOS 15.0 running 4.4.0 (have not yet had time to upgrade).

PS uploading a file to the dot org website forums is broken in Safari 18. Neither drag-and-drop nor searching for and clicking on a file worked, so I had to switch to Chrome.