I think the song is about how people turn to the army for economic reasons without thinking of the other consequences. Often army recruiters target the poor, especially minorities, and portray the army as a way to get a good, (relatively) high-paying job. It's always there as a"way out" for people who find themselves in a bad financial situation ("Heard somewhere that there is a place now \ Someone who’ll catch you on your way down", also the entire outro verse). But, I think Ted is trying to make the point that by joining the army, you are signing up to possibly lose your life or your morals ("One day you’ll see your bunker walls degrade"). All of the lines that are "In every x there's a y now" kinda play on this point: for everything that the army gives you, it takes (or could take) something else away.
I think the song is about how people turn to the army for economic reasons without thinking of the other consequences. Often army recruiters target the poor, especially minorities, and portray the army as a way to get a good, (relatively) high-paying job. It's always there as a"way out" for people who find themselves in a bad financial situation ("Heard somewhere that there is a place now \ Someone who’ll catch you on your way down", also the entire outro verse). But, I think Ted is trying to make the point that by joining the army, you are signing up to possibly lose your life or your morals ("One day you’ll see your bunker walls degrade"). All of the lines that are "In every x there's a y now" kinda play on this point: for everything that the army gives you, it takes (or could take) something else away.