gravity's pull meaning (rare): definition

gravity's pull

noun

Etymology From gravity + -'s + pull, literally “the pull of gravity”. Pull is a common collocation of the word gravity, especially as the phrasal verb pull down.

Literally, Rare The force of gravity acting upon an object.

Idiomatic, Poetic Stress or pressure of a situation acting upon a person.

Feeling Gravitys [sic] Pull1985, R.E.M., “Feeling Gravitys Pull”, in Fables of the Reconstruction / Reconstruction of the Fables:
Call it a dark night of the soul. / Ticking the clocks, gravity's pull.2015, Cold War Kids, “First”, in Hold My Home: